United States Department of State

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federal executive department foreign affairs ministry

The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the country’s foreign policy, international relations, and diplomatic missions abroad.

Aliases (12)

U.S. Department of State ×72
Department of State ×15
State Department ×4
U.S. State Department ×3
Department of Foreign Affairs ×2
Act to Establish the Department of State ×1
Department of State of the United States ×1
Office of the Secretary of State ×1
United States Department of State headquarters ×1
United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. ×1
United States Department of State public affairs offices ×1
https://www.state.gov/ ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive department → foreign affairs ministry →
abbreviation	DOS → STATE →
budgetUnit	United States dollar →
cabinetLevel	yes →
cooperatesWith	United States Agency for International Development → United States Department of Defense → United States Department of Homeland Security →
country	United States of America →
employs	Civil Service employees → Foreign Service Officers → locally employed staff at overseas posts →
formedOn	1789-07-27 →
hasSubOrganization	Bureau of African Affairs → Bureau of Consular Affairs → Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor → Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs → Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → Bureau of International Organization Affairs → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs → Bureau of Political-Military Affairs → Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs → United States Agency for Global Media (historical oversight role) →
headedBy	United States Secretary of State →
headquartersBuilding	Harry S. Truman Building →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
legalBasis	Act for establishing an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs (1789) →
locatedIn	District of Columbia →
memberOf	United States Cabinet →
nativeName	Department of State →
oversees	U.S. consulates → U.S. embassies → U.S. permanent missions to international organizations → United States Foreign Service →
partOf	executive branch of the United States government →
positionInCabinet	principal foreign policy advisor to the President of the United States →
precededBy	Department of Foreign Affairs →
reportsTo	President of the United States →
responsibleFor	U.S. diplomatic missions abroad → foreign assistance policy guidance → foreign policy of the United States → human rights reporting → international relations of the United States → issuing U.S. passports → providing consular services to U.S. citizens abroad → public diplomacy → representation of the United States at the United Nations → treaty negotiation and ratification processes support →
shortName	State Department → U.S. Department of State →
website	https://www.state.gov/ →

Referenced by (355)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allen Dulles → April H. Foley → Arthur Schoenfeld → Christian M. Ravndal → Colleen Bell → Cordell Hull → Daniel Webster → David B. Cornstein → Dean Acheson → Edward R. Stettinius Jr. ("U.S. Department of State") → Edward Thomas Wailes → Embassy of the United States, The Hague → Foreign Service Specialists ("U.S. Department of State") → Frank Wisner → George F. Kennan → Henry A. Kissinger → Henry Wheaton → Herbert Hoover Jr. → Horace Newton Allen → James E. Webb → John Flournoy Montgomery → John Foster Dulles → John Hay → John Negroponte → Ken Howery → Linda Thomas-Greenfield → Madeleine Albright ("U.S. Department of State") → Mark D. Bailey → Martin J. Hillenbrand → Nathaniel P. Davis → Nicholas deB. Katzenbach → Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination (WHA) → Office of Economic and Development Affairs → Office of Egyptian Affairs → Office of European Union and Regional Affairs → Office of NATO and European Affairs → Office of Policy and Regional Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Regional Security Policy and Assistance (WHA) → Office of South Central European Affairs → Office of United Nations Specialized and Technical Agencies → Paul Nitze → Philip M. Kaiser → Ramin Toloui → Richard Olney → Robert Lansing → Selden Chapin → Sumner Welles → U.S. ambassadors → United States Ambassador to Belgium → United States Ambassador to Samoa → United States Ambassador to South Vietnam → United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia → United States Ambassador to the European Union → United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union → United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) → United States Consul in Liverpool → United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations → United States Representative for UN Management and Reform → United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights → United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council → United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly → Victoria Reggie Kennedy → Walter Bedell Smith → William F. Hagerty IV → William M. Evarts → William P. Rogers →	employer
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs → Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs → Bureau of African Affairs → Bureau of Consular Affairs → Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor → Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs → Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → Bureau of International Organization Affairs → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs → Bureau of Political-Military Affairs → Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs → Diplomatic Security Service → Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance → Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing → Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy → Office of Economic and Development Affairs → Office of Economic and Regional Affairs → Office of European Union and Regional Affairs → Office of Global Programs and Initiatives ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Haiti Special Coordinator (historical/periodic) → Office of Haiti Special Coordinator (historical/periodic) ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs → Office of Iraqi Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Management Policy and Resources → Office of NATO and European Affairs → Office of Plans, Policy, and Analysis ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Policy and Regional Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Public Diplomacy → Office of Regional Peace and Security ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Regional and Multilateral Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Regional and Security Policy → Office of South Central European Affairs → Office of Southeast Asian Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Special Operations → Office of United Nations Specialized and Technical Agencies → Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of the Executive Director ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan → Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa → Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → PM → State Department Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs → U.S. Embassy Berlin → U.S. State Department economic bureaus → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs → Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights → Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs → United States Ambassador to Japan → United States Ambassador to Mexico → United States Ambassador to NATO → United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → United States Consular Service → United States Minister to Spain → WHA →	partOf
Bureau of African Affairs → Bureau of Consular Affairs → Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor → Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs → Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs → Bureau of Intelligence and Research → Bureau of International Organization Affairs → Bureau of International Organization Affairs → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs → Bureau of Political-Military Affairs → Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs → Institute of Inter-American Affairs → NEA → Office of Assistance Coordination → Office of Canadian Affairs → Office of Congressional and Public Affairs → Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing → Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy → Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination (WHA) → Office of Economic and Development Affairs → Office of Economic and Regional Affairs → Office of Egyptian Affairs → Office of International Security Operations ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism → Office of Policy Planning and Coordination (WHA) ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Policy and Regional Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Public Diplomacy ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (WHA) → Office of Regional Peace and Security ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Regional Security Policy and Assistance (WHA) → Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers → Office of Regional and Security Policy → Office of Southeast Asian Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Special Operations → Office of the Executive Director (WHA) → Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan → Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator → Technical Cooperation Administration → Technical Cooperation Administration → United States Agency for International Development → United States Foreign Service → United States Mission to the United Nations → WHA →	parentOrganization
Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China → Diplomatic Security Service → NEA → Office of Assistance Coordination → Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination (WHA) ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Iraqi Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Policy Planning and Coordination (WHA) ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Regional Peace and Security ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Regional and Multilateral Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan → Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa → Rogers Act of 1924 →	jurisdiction
United States Ambassador to Belgium → United States Ambassador to France → United States Ambassador to Hungary → United States Ambassador to Ireland → United States Ambassador to New Zealand → United States Ambassador to Samoa → United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia → United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union → United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom → United States Consul in Liverpool ("United States Department of State in Washington, D.C.") →	reportsTo
Bureau for Africa (USAID) ("U.S. Department of State") → Defense Attache Service ("U.S. Department of State") → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ("Department of State") → Embassy of Belize in Washington, D.C. → Embassy of North Macedonia in Washington, D.C. ("U.S. Department of State") → NCTC ("Department of State") → Office of National Drug Control Policy ("Department of State") → Student and Exchange Visitor Program oversight through HSI ("U.S. Department of State") → United States Agency for International Development →	coordinatesWith
Foreign Service Institute → Global Health Security programs ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of Special Operations → State Department Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs → U.S. consulates → U.S. embassies → USUN → United States Consular Service → United States missions to international organizations →	operatedBy
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development → Bureau for Global Health (USAID) ("U.S. Department of State") → Bureau for the Middle East (USAID) ("U.S. Department of State") → Bureau of Industry and Security ("U.S. Department of State") → National Counterintelligence Executive ("Department of State") → National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center ("Department of State") → National Counterterrorism Center ("Department of State") →	collaboratesWith
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → Bureau for Asia (USAID) ("U.S. Department of State") → National Counterterrorism Center Director ("Department of State") → National Security Council communications staff ("United States Department of State public affairs offices") → Office of International Tax Counsel ("U.S. Department of State") → Office of National AIDS Policy ("U.S. Department of State") → United States Trade Representative →	worksWith
Eisenhower Doctrine ("U.S. Department of State") → Good Neighbor policy ("U.S. Department of State") → Mutual Security Act extensions → National Counterterrorism Strategy of the United States ("Department of State") → Point Four Program → Trafficking Victims Protection Act ("U.S. Department of State") →	implementedBy
Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) ("U.S. Department of State") → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 → Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 → Mutual Security Program ("Department of State of the United States") → Senior Foreign Service ("U.S. Department of State") →	administeredBy
1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security → Doha Agreement (2020) → Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty → Sinai II disengagement agreement →	negotiatedBy
DRL → Foreign Service Institute → Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance → PM → United States Agency for International Development →	parentAgency
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines → United States Ambassador to Austria → United States Ambassador to West Germany →	department
Embassy of the United States in Havana → Smart Traveler Enrollment Program ("U.S. Department of State") → United States Embassy in New Delhi, India →	operator
Foreign Service Act of 1946 → Memoirs: 1925–1950 ("U.S. State Department") → UK–US Fulbright Commission →	relatedTo
Flag of the United States Department of State → Great Seal of the United States ("U.S. Department of State") → Seal of the United States Department of State →	usedBy
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (USAID) ("U.S. Department of State") → William Gaud →	affiliatedWith
Overseas Contingency Operations ("U.S. Department of State") → Title 22 of the United States Code ("U.S. Department of State") →	appliesTo
Eduard de Stoeckl → GWOT ("U.S. Department of State") →	associatedWith
Declaration by United Nations → Treaty of San Francisco →	draftedBy
Embassy of the United States, The Hague → Office of Global Programs and Initiatives ("U.S. Department of State") →	governingBody
Washington, D.C. → Washington, D.C. →	hostsInstitution
Consular Report of Birth Abroad ("U.S. Department of State") → United States passport →	issuedBy
Harry S. Truman Building → Harry S. Truman Building ("Office of the Secretary of State") →	occupant
International Religious Freedom Report → Trafficking in Persons Report →	publishedBy
Foreign Economic Administration ("Department of State") → Foreign Operations Administration →	replacedBy
Flag of the United States Department of State → Seal of the United States Department of State →	represents
Kennan’s Long Telegram ("U.S. Department of State") → Long Telegram ("U.S. Department of State") →	sentTo
United States Department of State ("U.S. Department of State") → United States Department of State ("State Department") →	shortName
DOS ("State Department") →	abbreviation
Lebanese Ambassador to the United States →	accreditedTo
United States Department of State ("State Department") →	acronym
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ("Department of State") →	affectsAgency
Richard Helms →	affiliation
U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Brazil →	appointedBy
United States passport →	canBeRevokedBy
United States Embassy chancery in New Delhi (1954–1959) →	client
Kennan’s Long Telegram ("U.S. Department of State") →	commissionedBy
United States Department of State ("State Department") →	commonName
United States national security apparatus →	component
executive branch of the United States ("Department of State") →	contains
Treasury Act of 1789 ("Act to Establish the Department of State") →	contemporaryWith
U.S. Marine Security Guards →	controlledBy
Office of the National Security Advisor to the Vice President →	cooperatesWith
White House social functions →	coordinatedWith
Foreign Economic Administration ("Department of State") →	coordinateWith
First United States Congress →	createdInstitution
Hillary Clinton →	describedBySource
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis ("U.S. State Department") →	describesRoleOf
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs →	divisionOf
Seal of the United States Department of State →	emblemOf
Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) ("U.S. Department of State") →	enforcedBy
Helms–Burton Act →	enforcementAgency
Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C. ("U.S. Department of State") →	engagesWith
Washington administration →	established
DOS →	fullName
Embassy of the United States in London →	governedBy
Edith Foster Dulles →	hasFatherEmployer
European Union–United States relations →	hasKeyInstitution
Middle East shuttle diplomacy →	hasKeyParticipant
Office of Iraqi Affairs ("U.S. Department of State") →	hasParentAgency
American →	hasPassportIssuedBy
International Religious Freedom Report →	hasPublisher
United States in G20 finance ministers meetings ("U.S. Department of State") →	hasSupportingInstitution
Seal of the United States Department of State ("Department of State") →	hasText
United States Secretary of State →	headOf
Cabinet of the United States →	includesOffice
George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza →	isRelatedTo
Global War on Terrorism →	ledBy
Elliott School of International Affairs →	locatedNear
Benghazi attack congressional hearings →	mainSubject
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program ("U.S. Department of State") →	maintainedBy
Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. →	maintainsRelationsWith
NSC 10/2 directive ("Department of State") →	mandatedCoordinationWith
United States–Hungary relations ("U.S. Department of State") →	monitoredBy
United States Department of State ("Department of State") →	nativeName
Foggy Bottom–GWU station ("United States Department of State headquarters") →	nearby
Madeleine Albright →	officeHeldJurisdiction
Annapolis Conference →	organizedBy
Freedom Flights ("U.S. Department of State") →	organizer
United States Department of State ("Department of Foreign Affairs") →	originalName
U.S. Foreign Military Sales ("U.S. Department of State") →	overseenBy
War Refugee Board →	oversightBy
Office of the Executive Director ("U.S. Department of State") →	parentDepartment
The Memoirs of Cordell Hull ("U.S. State Department") →	portrays
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi →	portraysOrganization
United States Ambassador to Samoa →	positionHeldInOrganization
United States Department of State ("Department of Foreign Affairs") →	precededBy
Containment ("U.S. Department of State") →	promotedByInstitution
George Washington University ("U.S. Department of State") →	proximityTo
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices →	publisher
Embassy of Malta in Washington, D.C. →	receivesDiplomaticAccreditationFrom
Consular Report of Birth Abroad ("U.S. Department of State") →	recognizedBy
Consular Report of Birth Abroad ("U.S. Department of State") →	reissuedBy
Mr. Secretary ("U.S. Department of State") →	relatesToOffice
United States Department of State →	renamedAs
National Security Strategy of the United States ("U.S. Department of State") →	secondaryAudience
Liz Cheney ("U.S. Department of State") →	servedIn
United States foreign policy ("U.S. Department of State") →	shapedBy
Fulbright Program →	sponsor
Hard Choices ("U.S. Department of State") →	subject
U.S. consulates ("U.S. Department of State") →	subordinateTo
Eisenhower Executive Office Building →	wasHeadquartersOf
United States Department of State ("https://www.state.gov/") →	website
James Baker →	workedFor