United States Department of State

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive department
foreign affairs ministry
abbreviation DOS
STATE
budgetUnit US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
cabinetLevel yes
cooperatesWith United States Agency for International Development (in coordination)
surface form: United States Agency for International Development

Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Homeland Security
country United States of America
employs Civil Service employees
United States Foreign Service
surface form: 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 Washington, D.C.
surface form: District of Columbia
memberOf Cabinet of the United States
surface form: United States Cabinet
nativeName United States Department of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 United States Department of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 United States Department of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: State Department

United States Department of State self-linksurface differs
surface form: U.S. Department of State
website https://www.state.gov/

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Office of Policy and Public Outreach (OES) parentOrganization United States Department of State
Morton Abramowitz employer United States Department of State
ECA partOf United States Department of State
Office of Analysis for Near East and South Asia partOf United States Department of State
Office of Analysis for Near East and South Asia parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific partOf United States Department of State
Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Analysis for Africa partOf United States Department of State
Office of Analysis for Europe parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Opinion Research partOf United States Department of State
General Frank R. McCoy employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Frank R. McCoy
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. employer United States Department of State
William H. Heard employer United States Department of State
Jefferson Caffery employer United States Department of State
Tom Schieffer employer United States Department of State
Andy Kim employer United States Department of State
Laurence Hirsch Silberman employer United States Department of State
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem partOf United States Department of State
Clifford M. Sobel employer United States Department of State
Bowes employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Francis Bowes Sayre Sr.
Frederick Vreeland employer United States Department of State
Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations partOf United States Department of State
Donald McHenry employer United States Department of State
Tony Garza employer United States Department of State
United States Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines partOf United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States, Jakarta partOf United States Department of State
United States Ambassador to ASEAN employer United States Department of State
John employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: John Abizaid
United States Ambassador to Dominica employer United States Department of State
Donna Hrinak employer United States Department of State
United States Embassy Seoul partOf United States Department of State
Bureau of International Information Programs parentOrganization United States Department of State
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources partOf United States Department of State
Thomas Hubbard (diplomat) employer United States Department of State
Thomas Hubbard employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Thomas C. Hubbard
United States Consul General in London employer United States Department of State
U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: J. Christopher Stevens
U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Sean Smith
Economic Section employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Economic Section (U.S. Embassy Baghdad)
Public Affairs Section employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Public Affairs Section (U.S. Embassy Baghdad)
Lawrence Duggan employer United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Belize employer United States Department of State
Sean Smith employer United States Department of State
Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs partOf United States Department of State
Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs employer United States Department of State
Office of Japanese Affairs parentOrganization United States Department of State