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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Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. maintainsRelationsWith United States Department of State
United States Ambassador to West Germany department United States Department of State
IO parentOrganization United States Department of State
subject surface form: Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Office of United Nations Specialized and Technical Agencies partOf United States Department of State
Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs partOf United States Department of State
Office of Management Policy and Resources partOf United States Department of State
Office of Economic and Development Affairs partOf United States Department of State
Office of Economic and Development Affairs parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Economic and Development Affairs employer United States Department of State
PM partOf United States Department of State
PM parentAgency United States Department of State
Office of Plans, Policy, and Analysis partOf United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Office of Global Programs and Initiatives partOf United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Office of Global Programs and Initiatives governingBody United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement partOf United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy partOf United States Department of State
Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy parentOrganization United States Department of State
National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center collaboratesWith United States Department of State
this entity surface form: Department of State
National Counterintelligence Executive (historical) collaboratesWith United States Department of State
subject surface form: National Counterintelligence Executive
this entity surface form: Department of State
Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) administeredBy United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) enforcedBy United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance partOf United States Department of State
Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance parentAgency United States Department of State
Office of International Security Operations parentOrganization United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
U.S. Foreign Military Sales overseenBy United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Edward Thomas Wailes employer United States Department of State
Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Congressional and Public Affairs parentOrganization United States Department of State
Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing partOf United States Department of State
Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing parentOrganization United States Department of State
Madeleine Albright employer United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Madeleine Albright officeHeldJurisdiction United States Department of State
James E. Webb employer United States Department of State
United States Embassy in New Delhi, India operator United States Department of State
United States Embassy chancery in New Delhi (1954–1959) client United States Department of State
Nathaniel P. Davis employer United States Department of State
John Flournoy Montgomery employer United States Department of State
Foreign Service Act of 1946 relatedTo United States Department of State
Rogers Act of 1924 jurisdiction United States Department of State
Senior Foreign Service administeredBy United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Daniel Webster employer United States Department of State
Foreign Service Specialists employer United States Department of State
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of State
Foreign Service Institute operatedBy United States Department of State
Foreign Service Institute parentAgency United States Department of State
Ken Howery employer United States Department of State
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) negotiatedBy United States Department of State
Richard Helms affiliation United States Department of State