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For the term as used in Ireland, see <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_state_(Ireland)" title="Department of state (Ireland)">Department of state (Ireland)</a>.</div> <table class="infobox" style="width:22em"> <caption>United States Department of State</caption> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Department_of_state.svg" class="image"><img alt="Department of state.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Department_of_state.svg/220px-Department_of_state.svg.png" width="220" height="220" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Department_of_state.svg/330px-Department_of_state.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Department_of_state.svg/440px-Department_of_state.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720"/></a> <div>Seal of the U.S. Department of State</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png" class="image"><img alt="Flag of the United States Department of State.png" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png/220px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png" width="220" height="132" class="thumbborder" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png/330px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png/440px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.png 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="358"/></a> <div>Flag of the U.S. Department of State</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Formed</th> <td>July 27, 1789<span class="noprint">; 225 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1789-07-27</span>)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Preceding Agency</th> <td>Department of Foreign Affairs</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Headquarters</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Building" title="Harry S Truman Building">Harry S Truman Building</a><br/> 2201 C Street, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." title="Northwest, Washington, D.C.">NW</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.<br/> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=United_States_Department_of_State&params=38_53_39_N_77_2_54_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°53′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°2′54″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.89417°N 77.04833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.89417; -77.04833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Employees</th> <td>13,000 <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Service" title="United States Foreign Service">Foreign Service</a> employees<br/> 11,000 <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_civil_service" title="United States civil service" class="mw-redirect">Civil Service</a> employees<br/> 45,000 Foreign Service local employees<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Annual budget</th> <td>$57.533 Billion (FY 2012)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Agency executives</th> <td><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blinken" title="Tony Blinken">Tony Blinken</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Deputy Secretary of State">Deputy Secretary</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Higginbottom" title="Heather Higginbottom">Heather Higginbottom</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Secretary_of_State_for_Management_and_Resources" title="Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources">Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">Website</th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://www.state.gov/">state.gov</a></td> </tr> </table> <p>The <b>United States Department of State</b> (<b>DoS</b>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> often referred to as the <b>State Department</b>, is the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">United States federal executive department</a> responsible for <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations">international relations</a> of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, equivalent to the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_ministry" title="Foreign ministry" class="mw-redirect">foreign ministry</a> of other countries. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Department is headquartered in the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Building" title="Harry S Truman Building">Harry S Truman Building</a> located at 2201 C Street, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." title="Northwest, Washington, D.C.">NW</a>, a few blocks away from the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> in the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_Bottom,_Washington,_D.C." title="Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C." class="mw-redirect">Foggy Bottom</a> neighborhood of <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> The Department operates the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_United_States" title="List of diplomatic missions of the United States">diplomatic missions of the United States</a> abroad and is responsible for implementing the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign policy of the United States">foreign policy of the United States</a> and U.S. <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">diplomacy</a> efforts. The Department is also the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depositary" title="Depositary">depositary</a> for more than 200 multilateral treaties.</p> <p>The Department is led by the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>, who is nominated by the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">confirmed</a> by the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> and is a member of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" title="United States Cabinet" class="mw-redirect">Cabinet</a>. The current Secretary of State is <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">order of precedence</a> and in the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">presidential line of succession</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Duties_and_responsibilities"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Duties and responsibilities</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Organization"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Organization</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Mission_statement"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Mission statement</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Core_activities"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Core activities</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Secretary_of_State"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Secretary of State</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Staff"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Staff</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Other_agencies"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Other agencies</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Jefferson_Science_Fellows_Program"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Jefferson Science Fellows Program</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Franklin_Fellows_Program"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Franklin Fellows Program</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Department_of_State_Air_Wing"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Department of State Air Wing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Expenditures"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Expenditures</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Audit_of_expenditures"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Audit of expenditures</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Central_Foreign_Policy_File"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Central Foreign Policy File</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Other"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Other</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Notes_and_references"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Notes and references</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:State_Department_Building,_Washington,_D._C.,_1865.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Department_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D._C.%2C_1865.png/220px-State_Department_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D._C.%2C_1865.png" width="220" height="176" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Department_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D._C.%2C_1865.png/330px-State_Department_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D._C.%2C_1865.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/State_Department_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D._C.%2C_1865.png/440px-State_Department_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D._C.%2C_1865.png 2x" data-file-width="616" data-file-height="493"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:State_Department_Building,_Washington,_D._C.,_1865.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Old State Department building in <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, c. 1865</div> </div> </div> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution">U.S. Constitution</a>, drafted in <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> in 1787 and ratified by the states the following year, gave the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> the responsibility for the conduct of the nation's foreign relations. It soon became clear, however, that an executive department was necessary to support the President in the conduct of the affairs of the new federal government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> approved legislation to establish a <b>Department of Foreign Affairs</b> on July 21, 1789, and President Washington signed it into law on July 27, making the Department of Foreign Affairs the first federal agency to be created under the new Constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> This legislation remains the basic law of the Department of State. In September 1789, additional legislation changed the name of the agency to the Department of State and assigned to it a variety of domestic duties.</p> <p>These responsibilities grew to include management of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint" title="United States Mint">United States Mint</a>, keeper of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" title="Great Seal of the United States">Great Seal of the United States</a>, and the taking of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">census</a>. President <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> signed the new legislation on September 15.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> Most of these domestic duties of the Department of State were eventually turned over to various new Federal departments and agencies that were established during the 19th century. However, the Secretary of State still retains a few domestic responsibilities, such as being the keeper of the Great Seal and being the officer to whom a President or Vice-President of the United States wishing to resign must deliver an instrument in writing declaring the decision to resign.</p> <p>On September 29, 1789, President Washington appointed <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> of <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, then <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_France" title="United States Ambassador to France">Minister to France</a>, to be the first <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay" title="John Jay">John Jay</a> had been serving in as Secretary of Foreign Affairs as a holdover from the Confederation since before Washington had taken office and would continue in that capacity until Jefferson returned from Europe many months later.</p> <p>From 1790 to 1800, the State Department had its headquarters in Philadelphia, the capital of the United States at the time. It occupied a building at Church and Fifth Streets (although, for a short period during which a <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> epidemic ravaged the city, it resided in the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_State_House" title="New Jersey State House">New Jersey State House</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Plischke_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plischke-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> In 1800, it moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., where it first occupied the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasury_Building_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.)">Treasury Building</a><sup id="cite_ref-Plischke_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plischke-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> and then the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Buildings" title="Seven Buildings">Seven Buildings</a> at 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> It moved into the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Six_Buildings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Six Buildings (page does not exist)">Six Buildings</a> in September 1800, where it remained until May 1801.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup> It moved into the War Office Building due west of the White House in May 1801.<sup id="cite_ref-Michael_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> It occupied the Treasury Building from September 1819 to November 1866,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> except for the period from September 1814 to April 1816 (during which it occupied a structure at G and 18th streets NW while the Treasury Building was repaired).<sup id="cite_ref-Michael_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> It then occupied the Washington City Orphan Home from November 1866 to July 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup> It moved to the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Executive_Office_Building" title="Eisenhower Executive Office Building">State, War, and Navy Building</a> in 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup> Since May 1947, it has occupied the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Building" title="Harry S Truman Building">Harry S Truman Building</a>.</p> <p>In 2014, the State Department began expanding into the Navy Hill Complex across 23rd Street NW from the Truman Building.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup> A joint venture consisting of the architectural firms of <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goody,_Clancy_%26_Associates,_Inc" title="Goody, Clancy & Associates, Inc">Goody, Clancy</a> and the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Berger_Group" title="Louis Berger Group">Louis Berger Group</a> won a $2.5 million contract in January 2014 to begin planning the renovation of the buildings on the 11.8 acres (48,000 m<sup>2</sup>) Navy Hill campus, which housed the World War II headquarters of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services" title="Office of Strategic Services">Office of Strategic Services</a> and was the first headquarters of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Duties_and_responsibilities">Duties and responsibilities</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Duties and responsibilities">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg/220px-United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg" width="220" height="175" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg/330px-United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg/440px-United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="815"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Department_of_State_headquarters.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Building" title="Harry S Truman Building">Harry S Truman Building</a>, headquarters of the U.S. State Department since 1947</div> </div> </div> <p>The Executive Branch and the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> have <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution">constitutional</a> responsibilities for U.S. foreign policy. Within the Executive Branch, the Department of State is the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency, and its head, the Secretary of State, is the President's principal foreign policy advisor, though other officials or individuals<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AUDIENCE" title="Wikipedia:AUDIENCE" class="mw-redirect"><span title="Wikipedia:AUDIENCE">example needed</span></a></i>]</sup> may have more influence on their foreign policy decisions. The Department advances U.S. objectives and interests in the world through its primary role in developing and implementing the President's foreign policy. The Department also supports the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Diplomatic_History" title="United States Diplomatic History" class="mw-redirect">foreign affairs</a> activities of other U.S. Government entities including the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>, the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">Department of Commerce</a>, the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a>, the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>, and the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development" title="United States Agency for International Development">U.S. Agency for International Development</a>. It also provides an array of important services to U.S. citizens and to foreigners seeking to visit or immigrate to the U.S.</p> <p>All foreign affairs activities—U.S. representation abroad, foreign assistance programs, countering international crime, foreign military training programs, the services the Department provides, and more—are paid for by the foreign affairs budget, which represents little more than 1% of the total federal budget. The total Department of State budget, together with 'Other International Programs' (see below), costs about 45 cents a day ($165.90 a year) for each resident of the United States.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Reliable source needed for the budget breakdown per resident per day/year. (February 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As stated by the Department of State, its purpose includes:</p> <ul> <li>Protecting and assisting <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._citizen" title="U.S. citizen" class="mw-redirect">U.S. citizens</a> living or traveling abroad;</li> <li>Assisting U.S. <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" title="Business">businesses</a> in the international marketplace;</li> <li>Coordinating and providing support for international activities of other U.S. agencies (local, state, or federal government), official visits overseas and at home, and other diplomatic efforts.</li> <li>Keeping the public informed about U.S. foreign policy and relations with other countries and providing feedback from the public to administration officials.</li> <li>Providing <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_license_plates_in_the_United_States" title="Diplomatic license plates in the United States" class="mw-redirect">automobile registration</a> for non-diplomatic staff vehicles and the vehicles of diplomats of foreign countries having <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_immunity" title="Diplomatic immunity">diplomatic immunity</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> <p>The Department of State conducts these activities with a civilian workforce, and normally uses the Foreign Service personnel system for positions that require service abroad. Employees may be assigned to diplomatic missions abroad to represent America, analyze and report on political, economic, and social trends; adjudicate visas; and respond to the needs of American citizens abroad. The U.S. maintains diplomatic relations with about 180 countries and maintains relations with many international organizations, adding up to a total of more than 250 posts around the world. In the United States, about 5,000 professional, technical, and administrative employees work compiling and analyzing reports from overseas, providing logistical support to posts, communicating with the American public, formulating and overseeing the budget, issuing passports and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warden_message" title="Warden message" class="mw-redirect">travel warnings</a>, and more. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Department of State works in close coordination with other federal agencies, including the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Commerce. As required by the principle of <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checks_and_balances" title="Checks and balances" class="mw-redirect">checks and balances</a>, the Department also consults with Congress about foreign policy initiatives and policies.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Organization">Organization</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg/220px-John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg" width="220" height="279" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg/330px-John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="512"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Kerry_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Secretary of State <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a></div> </div> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Mission_statement">Mission statement</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mission statement">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>To: 'Advance freedom for the benefit of the American people and the international community by helping to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world composed of well-governed states that respond to the needs of their people, reduce widespread poverty, and act responsibly within the international system.'<sup id="cite_ref-AboutDoS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutDoS-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Core_activities">Core activities</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Core activities">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The DoS promotes and protects the interests of American citizens by (1) 'Promoting peace and stability in regions of vital interest'; (2) 'Creating jobs at home by opening markets abroad'; (3) 'Helping developing nations establish investment and export opportunities'; and (4) 'Bringing nations together and forging partnerships to address global problems, such as terrorism, the spread of communicable diseases, cross-border pollution, humanitarian crises, nuclear smuggling, and narcotics trafficking'.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutDoS_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutDoS-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>BioPrepWatch reported that, on May 30, 2013, the State Department submitted the <i>Country Reports on Terrorism 2012</i> to Congress. Most <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist" title="Terrorist" class="mw-redirect">terrorist</a> attacks have been decentralized and target the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> countries. There have been no other reports that have previously talked about this topic, but the biggest shifts in terrorism in 2012 included an increase in <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism" title="State-sponsored terrorism">state-sponsored terrorism</a> in Iran. The State Department states the best way to counter international terrorist attacks is to work with international partners to cut funding, strengthen law-enforcing institutions and eliminate terrorist safe havens.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Secretary_of_State">Secretary of State</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Secretary of State">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> is the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> of the Department of State and a member of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" title="United States Cabinet" class="mw-redirect">Cabinet</a> that answers directly to the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>. The secretary organizes and supervises the entire department and its staff.</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Staff">Staff</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Staff">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Deputy Secretary of State">United States Deputy Secretary of State</a>: The Deputy Secretary (with the Chief of Staff, Executive Secretariat, and the Undersecretary for Management) assists the Secretary in the overall management of the department. Reporting to the Deputy Secretary are the six undersecretaries and the counselor, along with several staff offices: <ul> <li>Chief of Staff</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Secretariat" title="Executive Secretariat">Executive Secretariat</a></li> <li>Office of Global Intergovernmental Affairs</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Foreign_Affairs_Training_Center" title="National Foreign Affairs Training Center">National Foreign Affairs Training Center</a> (which houses the Foreign Service Institute)</li> <li>International Information Programs</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State_Office_of_the_Legal_Adviser" title="United States Department of State Office of the Legal Adviser" class="mw-redirect">Office of the Legal Adviser</a></li> <li>Office of Management Policy</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Protocol_of_the_United_States" title="Chief of Protocol of the United States">Office of Protocol</a></li> <li>Office of the Science and Technology Adviser</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Senior_Advisor_for_Civil_Society_and_Emerging_Democracies" title="Office of the Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies">Office of the Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Global_Criminal_Justice" title="Office of Global Criminal Justice">Office of Global Criminal Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Intelligence_and_Research" title="Bureau of Intelligence and Research">Bureau of Intelligence and Research</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Legislative_Affairs" title="Bureau of Legislative Affairs">Bureau of Legislative Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Resource_Management" title="Bureau of Resource Management">Bureau of Resource Management</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf/page1-220px-US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf.jpg" width="220" height="318" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf/page1-330px-US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf/page1-440px-US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="1621"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Department_of_State-Org_Chart-187423.pdf" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Organization chart of the United States Department of State (as of March 2014)</div> </div> </div> <ul> <li> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Political_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs">Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs</a>: The third-ranking State Department official. Becomes Acting Secretary in the absence of the Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State. This position is responsible for bureaus, headed by Assistant Secretaries, coordinating American diplomacy around the world: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_African_Affairs" title="Bureau of African Affairs">Bureau of African Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_East_Asian_and_Pacific_Affairs" title="Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs">Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_European_and_Eurasian_Affairs" title="Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs">Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Organization_Affairs" title="Bureau of International Organization Affairs">Bureau of International Organization Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Near_Eastern_Affairs" title="Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs">Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_South_and_Central_Asian_Affairs" title="Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs">Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Western_Hemisphere_Affairs" title="Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs">Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Management" title="Under Secretary of State for Management">Under Secretary of State for Management</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup> The principal adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on matters relating to the allocation and use of Department's budget, physical property, and personnel. This position is responsible for bureaus, headed by Assistant Secretaries, planning the day-to-day administration of the Department and proposing institutional reform and modernization: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Administration" title="Bureau of Administration">Bureau of Administration</a> <ul> <li>Office of Allowances</li> <li>Office of Authentication</li> <li>Language Services</li> <li>Office of Logistics Management</li> <li>Office of Overseas Schools</li> <li>Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization</li> <li>Office of Multi-Media Services</li> <li>Office of Directives Management</li> <li>Office of Commissary and Recreation Affairs</li> <li>Office of the Procurement Executive <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg/220px-Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg" width="220" height="146" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg/330px-Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg/440px-Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="398"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hillary_Clinton_arrives_at_State_Dept._1-22-09_clinton-arrival-1.2209_600_1.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Secretary of State <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton" class="mw-redirect">Hillary Clinton</a> is greeted by Department employees during her arrival on her first day.</div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Consular_Affairs" title="Bureau of Consular Affairs">Bureau of Consular Affairs</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Children%27s_Issues" title="Office of Children's Issues">Office of Children's Issues</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Diplomatic_Security" title="Bureau of Diplomatic Security">Bureau of Diplomatic Security</a> (DS) <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_Security_Service" title="Diplomatic Security Service">U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Missions" title="Office of Foreign Missions">Office of Foreign Missions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Bureau of Human Resources</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Information_Resource_Management" title="Bureau of Information Resource Management">Bureau of Information Resource Management</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Overseas_Buildings_Operations" title="Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations">Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations</a></li> <li>Director of Diplomatic Reception Rooms</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Service_Institute" title="Foreign Service Institute">Foreign Service Institute</a></li> <li>Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation</li> <li>Office of Medical Services</li> <li>Office of White House Liaison</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Growth,_Energy,_and_the_Environment" title="Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment" class="mw-redirect">Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment</a>: The senior economic advisor for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on international economic policy. This position is responsible for bureaus, headed by Assistant Secretaries, dealing with trade, agriculture, aviation, and bilateral trade relations with America's economic partners: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Economic_and_Business_Affairs" title="Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs">Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs</a></li> <li>Bureau of Energy Resources</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Oceans_and_International_Environmental_and_Scientific_Affairs" title="Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs">Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs</a></li> <li>Office of the Science and Technology Adviser<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Office of the Chief Economist</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Public_Diplomacy_and_Public_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs">Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs</a>: This Undersecretary leads functions that were formerly assigned to the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Information_Agency" title="United States Information Agency">United States Information Agency</a> but were integrated into the State Department by the 1999 reorganization. This position manages units that handle the department's public communications and seek to burnish the image of the United States around the world: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Educational_and_Cultural_Affairs" title="Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs">Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Access_and_Training_Program" title="Internet Access and Training Program">Internet Access and Training Program</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Public_Affairs" title="Bureau of Public Affairs">Bureau of Public Affairs</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Historian" title="Office of the Historian">Office of the Historian</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Information_Programs" title="Bureau of International Information Programs">Bureau of International Information Programs</a></li> <li>Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Arms_Control_and_International_Security_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs">Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs</a>: This Undersecretary coordinates the Department's role in U.S. military assistance. Since the 1996 reorganization, this Undersecretary also oversees the functions of the formerly independent <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Agency" title="Arms Control and Disarmament Agency">Arms Control and Disarmament Agency</a>. <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Security_and_Nonproliferation" title="Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation">Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Political-Military_Affairs" title="Bureau of Political-Military Affairs">Bureau of Political-Military Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Verification,_Compliance,_and_Implementation" title="Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation" class="mw-redirect">Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights: <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Conflict_and_Stabilization_Operations" title="Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations">Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_Coordinator_for_Reconstruction_and_Stabilization" title="Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization">Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Counterterrorism" title="Bureau of Counterterrorism">Bureau of Counterterrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Democracy,_Human_Rights,_and_Labor" title="Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor">Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_for_International_Narcotics_and_Law_Enforcement_Affairs" title="Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs">Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Population,_Refugees,_and_Migration" title="Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration">Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Global_Criminal_Justice" title="Office of Global Criminal Justice">Office of Global Criminal Justice</a></li> <li>Office of Global Youth Issues</li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_to_Monitor_and_Combat_Trafficking_in_Persons" title="Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons">Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counselor_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State" title="Counselor of the United States Department of State">Counselor</a>: Ranking with the Under Secretaries, the Counselor is the Secretary's and Deputy Secretary's special advisor and consultant on major problems of foreign policy. The Counselor provides guidance to the appropriate bureaus with respect to such matters, conducts special international negotiations and consultations, and undertakes special assignments from time to time as directed by the Secretary.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Global_AIDS_Coordinator" title="United States Global AIDS Coordinator">Office of Global AIDS Coordinator</a>: President's main task force to combat global <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS" title="AIDS" class="mw-redirect">AIDS</a>. The Global AIDS Coordinator reports directly to the Secretary of State.</li> </ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_agencies">Other agencies</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other agencies">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>Since the 1996 reorganization, the Administrator of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development" title="United States Agency for International Development">United States Agency for International Development</a> (USAID), while leading an independent agency, has also reported to the Secretary of State, as does the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States Ambassador to the United Nations</a> (also known as the Permanent Representative).</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Jefferson_Science_Fellows_Program">Jefferson Science Fellows Program</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Jefferson Science Fellows Program">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The Jefferson Science Fellows Program was established in 2003 by the DoS to establish a new model for engaging the American academic science, technology, engineering and medical communities in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Franklin_Fellows_Program">Franklin Fellows Program</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Franklin Fellows Program">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The Franklin Fellows Program was established in 2006 by the DoS to bring in mid-level executives from the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector" title="Private sector">private sector</a> and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization" title="Non-profit organization" class="mw-redirect">non-profit organizations</a> to advise the Department and to work on projects.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup> Fellows may also work with other government entities, including <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">the Congress</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Executive_Branch" title="United States Executive Branch" class="mw-redirect">executive branch</a> agencies, including the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">Department of Commerce</a>, and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a>. The program is named in honor of <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, and aims to bring mid-career professionals to enrich and expand the Department's capabilities.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Department_of_State_Air_Wing">Department of State Air Wing</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Department of State Air Wing">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:State_Air_Wing.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/State_Air_Wing.png/220px-State_Air_Wing.png" width="220" height="210" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/State_Air_Wing.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150320113356im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/State_Air_Wing.png 2x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="228"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:State_Air_Wing.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div> Logo of the "Air Wing" of The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)- Office of Aviation, U.S. Department of State</div> </div> </div> <p>In 1978, the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) formed an office to use excess military and government aircraft for support of foreign nations' counter-narcotics operations. The first aircraft used was a crop duster used for eradication of illicit crops in Mexico in cooperation with the local authorities. The separate Air Wing was established in 1986 as use of aviation assets grew in the war on drugs.<sup id="cite_ref-USDoSMagazine_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDoSMagazine-25"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The aircraft fleet grew from crop spraying aircraft to larger transports and helicopters used to support ground troops and transport personnel. As these operations became more involved in direct combat, a further need for search and rescue and armed escort helicopters was evident. Operations in the 1980s and 1990s were primarily carried out in <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a> and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>. Many aircraft have since been passed on to the governments involved, as they became capable of taking over the operations themselves.</p> <p>Following the events of the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, and the subsequent war on terror, the Air Wing went on to expand their operations from mainly anti-narcotics operations to also support security of United States nationals and interests, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Safe transport for various diplomatic missions were undertaken, requiring the acquisition of larger aircraft types, such as <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61" title="Sikorsky S-61">Sikorsky S-61</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Vertol_CH-46_Sea_Knight" title="Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight">Boeing Vertol CH-46</a>, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_King_Air" title="Beechcraft King Air">Beechcraft King Air</a> and <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8" title="Bombardier Dash 8">De Haviland DHC-8-300</a>. Armed escorts were also increased using various helicopters fitted as gunships.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>In 2011, the Air Wing was operating more than 230 aircraft around the world, the main missions still being counter narcotics and transportation of state officials.<sup id="cite_ref-USDoSMagazine_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USDoSMagazine-25"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Expenditures">Expenditures</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Expenditures">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_Year" title="Fiscal Year" class="mw-redirect">FY</a> 2010 the Department of State, together with 'Other International Programs' (for example, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development" title="United States Agency for International Development">USAID</a>), had a combined projected discretionary budget of $51.7 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10Budget_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10Budget-26"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_federal_budget" title="2010 United States federal budget">United States Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2010</a>, entitled 'A New Era of Responsibility', specifically 'Imposes Transparency on the Budget' for the Department of State.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10Budget_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10Budget-26"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The end-of-year FY 2010 DoS Agency Financial Report, approved by Secretary Clinton on 15 November 2010, showed actual total costs for the year of $27.4 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10FinRep_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10FinRep-27"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup> Revenues of $6.0 billion, $2.8 billion of which were earned through the provision of consular and management services, reduced total net cost to $21.4 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10FinRep_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10FinRep-27"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Total program costs for 'Achieving Peace and Security' were $7.0 billion; 'Governing Justly and Democratically', $0.9 billion; 'Investing in People', $4.6 billion; 'Promoting Economic Growth and Prosperity', $1.5 billion; 'Providing Humanitarian Assistance', $1.8 billion; 'Promoting International Understanding', $2.7 billion; 'Stengthening Consular and Management Capabilities', $4.0 billion; 'Executive Direction and Other Costs Not Assigned', $4.2 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10FinRep_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10FinRep-27"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Audit_of_expenditures">Audit of expenditures</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Audit of expenditures">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The Department of State's '<a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditor_independence" title="Auditor independence">independent auditors</a>' are <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kearney_%26_Company" title="Kearney & Company">Kearney & Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10FinRepAudit_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10FinRepAudit-28"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup> Since in FY 2009 Kearney & Company qualified its <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audit_opinion" title="Audit opinion" class="mw-redirect">audit opinion</a>, noting <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiality_(auditing)" title="Materiality (auditing)">material</a> financial reporting weaknesses, the DoS restated its 2009 <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_statements" title="Financial statements" class="mw-redirect">financial statements</a> in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10FinRepAudit_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10FinRepAudit-28"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup> In its FY 2010 audit report, Kearney & Company provided an unqualified audit opinion while noting significant deficiencies, of controls in relation to financial reporting and budgetary accounting, and of compliance with a number of laws and provisions relating to financial management and accounting requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-FY10FinRepAudit_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY10FinRepAudit-28"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup> In response the DoS Chief Financial Officer observed that "The Department operates in over 270 locations in 172 countries, while conducting business in 150 currencies and an even large number of languages ... Despite these complexities, the Department pursues a commitment to financial integrity, transparency, and accountability that is the equal of any large multi-national corporation."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Central_Foreign_Policy_File">Central Foreign Policy File</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Central Foreign Policy File">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Since 1973 the primary record keeping system of the Department of State is the Central Foreign Policy File. It consists of copies of official telegrams, <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airgram" title="Airgram">airgrams</a>, reports, memorandums, correspondence, diplomatic notes, and other documents related to foreign relations.<sup id="cite_ref-aad_rg59_state_dept_faq_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aad_rg59_state_dept_faq-30"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup> About 900,000 records spanning the time period from 1973 to 1976 can be accessed online from the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" title="National Archives and Records Administration">National Archives and Records Administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aad_whatnew2009_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aad_whatnew2009-31"><span>[</span>31<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other">Other</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In 2009, the Department of State was the fourth most desired employer for undergraduates according to BusinessWeek.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span>[</span>32<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The Department's blog, started in 2007, is known as <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipnote" title="Dipnote" class="mw-redirect">Dipnote</a>, and a <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> account is maintained with the same name. The internal <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a> is <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplopedia" title="Diplopedia">Diplopedia</a>. The internal suggestion blog within State is called the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Department_Sounding_Board" title="State Department Sounding Board">Sounding Board</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span>[</span>33<span>]</span></a></sup> and their internal professional networking software, "Corridor", is a success.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span>[</span>34<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span>[</span>35<span>]</span></a></sup> Finally, State has embraced <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_crowdsourcing" title="Government crowdsourcing">Government crowdsourcing</a>, establishing the <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Student_Foreign_Service" title="Virtual Student Foreign Service">Virtual Student Foreign Service</a>.</p> <p>In 2009, the State Department launched 21st century statecraft. The U.S. Department of State's official explanation of 21st Century Statecraft is: "complementing traditional foreign policy tools with newly innovated and adapted instruments of statecraft that fully leverage the technologies of our interconnected world".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span>[</span>36<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In November 2010, it was revealed that over a quarter million diplomatic cables between the Department of State and US embassies around the world were leaked to <a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks" title="WikiLeaks">WikiLeaks</a>, which has slowly started releasing the cables to the public. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the leak as harmful to international diplomacy.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_State&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="noprint portal tright" style="border:solid #aaa 1px;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em"> <table style="background:#f9f9f9;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;max-width:175px"> <tr style="vertical-align:middle"> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_(obverse).svg" class="image"><img alt="Portal icon" 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and references">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist columns references-column-count references-column-count-2" style="-moz-column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; column-count: 2; list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://careers.state.gov/learn/what-we-do/mission">"What We Do: Mission"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-23</span></span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.btitle=What+We+Do%3A+Mission&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcareers.state.gov%2Flearn%2Fwhat-we-do%2Fmission&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/200506.pdf">"Fiscal Year 2012 Agency Financial Report"</a>. United States Department of State<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-23</span></span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.btitle=Fiscal+Year+2012+Agency+Financial+Report&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.gov%2Fdocuments%2Forganization%2F200506.pdf&rft.pub=United+States+Department+of+State&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://www.acronymfinder.com/Department-Of-State-(United-States)-(DoS).html">"Acronym Finder: DoS"</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.btitle=Acronym+Finder%3A+DoS&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acronymfinder.com%2FDepartment-Of-State-%28United-States%29-%28DoS%29.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/framework">"A New Framework for Foreign Affairs"</a>. <i>A Short History of the Department of State</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 14,</span> 2015</span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.atitle=A+New+Framework+for+Foreign+Affairs&rft.date=March+14%2C+2015&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.state.gov%2Fdepartmenthistory%2Fshort-history%2Fframework&rft.jtitle=A+Short+History+of+the+Department+of+State&rft.pub=U.S.+Department+of+State&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=151">"1 United States Statutes at Large, Chapter 4, Section 1"</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.btitle=1+United+States+Statutes+at+Large%2C+Chapter+4%2C+Section+1&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frs6.loc.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fampage%3FcollId%3Dllsl%26fileName%3D001%2Fllsl001.db%26recNum%3D151&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://www.glin.gov/view.action?glinID=85633">"United States Statutes at Large, First Congress, Session 1, Chapter 14"</a>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.btitle=United+States+Statutes+at+Large%2C+First+Congress%2C+Session+1%2C+Chapter+14&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.glin.gov%2Fview.action%3FglinID%3D85633&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation news"><a href="/web/20150320113356/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Public_Affairs" title="Bureau of Public Affairs">Bureau of Public Affairs</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320113356/http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1784_timeline.html">"1784–1800: New Republic"</a>. United States Department of State<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 May</span> 2012</span>.</span><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Department+of+State&rft.au=Bureau+of+Public+Affairs&rft.aulast=Bureau+of+Public+Affairs&rft.btitle=1784%E2%80%931800%3A+New+Republic&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffuture.state.gov%2Fwhen%2Ftimeline%2F1784_timeline.html&rft.pub=United+States+Department+of+State&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;"> </span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Plischke-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Plischke_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Plischke_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Plischke, Elmer. <i>U.S. Department of State: A Reference History.</i> Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999, p. 45.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tinkler, Robert. <i>James Hamilton of South Carolina.</i> Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2004, p. 52.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Burke, Lee H. and Patterson, Richard Sharpe. <i>Homes of the Department of State, 1774–1976: The Buildings Occupied by the Department of State and Its Predecessors.</i> Washington, D.C.: US. 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