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 Korean Affairs parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands partOf United States Department of State
Tom Malinowski employer United States Department of State
Welles employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: Benjamin Sumner Welles
United States consul general in Havana partOf United States Department of State
United States consul general in Havana employer United States Department of State
Nate Fick employer United States Department of State
Nathaniel Fick employer United States Department of State
James Alexander Hamilton employer United States Department of State
George H. Wadsworth employer United States Department of State
George Ball employer United States Department of State
Charles Bohlen employer United States Department of State
Gerhard Mennen Williams employer United States Department of State
USUNVIE partOf United States Department of State
United States Ambassador to the African Union employer United States Department of State
United States Ambassador to the OECD employer United States Department of State
United States Permanent Representative to UNESCO employer United States Department of State
Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy partOf United States Department of State
Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy parentOrganization United States Department of State
United States Minister to Persia partOf United States Department of State
Armin H. Meyer employer United States Department of State
Douglas MacArthur II employer United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Montevideo partOf United States Department of State
William J. Buchanan employer United States Department of State
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. employer United States Department of State
USUNESCO partOf United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Bogotá employer United States Department of State
USOAS partOf United States Department of State
James Rubin employer United States Department of State
Alfred Lilienthal employer United States Department of State
U.S. consul in Glasgow, Scotland employer United States Department of State
U.S. consul to Tunis employer United States Department of State
Lewis Paul Bremer III employer United States Department of State
Margaret Scobey employer United States Department of State
Harold Sewall employer United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Buenos Aires partOf United States Department of State
United States diplomatic staff in Argentina employer United States Department of State
John D. Feeley employer United States Department of State
United States Ambassador-at-Large partOf United States Department of State
United States Ambassador-at-Large employer United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Port of Spain partOf United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Astana employer United States Department of State
Embassy of the United States in Prague partOf United States Department of State
United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago employer United States Department of State
William Christian Bullitt Jr. employer United States Department of State
Bullitt employer United States Department of State
subject surface form: William C. Bullitt