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United States Department of State

Government Agency
Agency nameUnited States
Department of State
Agency overview
FormedJuly 27, 1789
Employees11,500 Foreign Service employees
7,400 Civil Service employees
31,000 Foreign Service National employees
Annual budget$16.4 billion (FY 2010) 
HeadquartersHarry S. Truman Building
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Operational structure
Agency executivesHillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary
Thomas Nides, Deputy Secretary

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The United States Department of State (often referred to as the State Department), is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established.

The Department is headquartered in the Harry S. Truman Building located at 2201 C Street, NW, a few blocks from the White House in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Department operates the diplomatic missions of the United States abroad and is responsible for implementing the foreign policy of the United States and U.S. diplomacy efforts.

The Department is led by the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Secretary of State is Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the presidential line of succession.

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1.43 min. | 4.86 user rating		 The US State Department has released its annual terrorist list, including the names of a number of humanitarian organizations who have publicly renounced violence and terrorism. Ken O'Keefe of the Humanitarian Aid Group to Help Gaza said that no credence should be given to the US or its list, because it is in fact the "biggest terrorist on the planet, without question."
4.23 min. | 4.84 user rating		 FULL TRANSCRIPT: representativepress.blogspot.com STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN MARK C. TONER: ... Look, for our part, we are -- we do our Human Rights Reports every year. We are candid in our exchanges with China about human rights concerns both from the podium and in our private meetings with them. And certainly, we don't regard it as an interference in our internal affairs when any foreign government or individual organization monitors our human rights practices. And we are proud to say that our system of government allows for that kind of comment without fear or without fear of recrimination. And it speaks to the value of our system, we feel. So I wouldn't describe it as that. Obviously, we've got a very broad and complex and varied relationship with China, and as the President said, it's one of the pivotal relationships of the 21st century, and we feel that these kinds of people-to-people, individual-to-individual exchanges build that relationship and strengthen it going forward. MATTHEW LEE (Associated Press): Can you explain why, if the United States is proud of its human rights record, that the UN special rapporteur has complained that you're not allowing him independent access to Bradley Manning? TONER: We've been in contact with the UN special rapporteur. We've had conversations with you in terms of access to -- LEE: With me? TONER: I'm sorry. We've had conversations with the special rapporteur. We've discussed Bradley Manning's case with him. But in terms of <b>...</b>
5.37 min. | 4.75 user rating		 US President Barack Obama has insisted that the "1967 border" must be the "basis for negotiations" to set up a future Palestinian state. Read the full story of his interview with the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk Watch the full speech here: www.youtube.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com And follow us on Twitter for new videos www.twitter.com
4.35 min. | 3.0 user rating		 May 1982 www.amazon.com Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com The Greensboro massacre took place on November 3, 1979 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Five marchers were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party while in a protest. It was the culmination of attempts by the Communist Workers Party (known as the Workers Viewpoint Organization at the time of the shooting) to organize mostly black industrial workers in the area. The marchers killed were: Sandi Smith, a nurse and civil rights activist; Dr. James Waller, president of a local textile workers union who had given up his medical practice to defend workers; Bill Sampson, a graduate of the Harvard University School of Divinity; Cesar Cause, an immigrant from Cuba who graduated magna cum laude from Duke University; and Dr. Michael Nathan, chief of pediatrics at Lincoln Community Health Center in Durham, NC, a clinic that helped children from low-income families. Operation Midnight Climax was an operation initially established by Sidney Gottlieb and placed under the direction of Narcotics Bureau officer George Hunter White under the alias of Morgan Hall for the CIA as a sub-project of Project MKULTRA, the CIA mind-control research program that began in the 1950s. The project consisted of a web of CIA-run safehouses in San Francisco, Marin, and New York. It was established in order to study the effects of LSD on unconsenting individuals. Prostitutes on the CIA <b>...</b>
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In what should be a massive story, two journalists using the leaked US embassy cables have written a series of exposés detailing how Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Levi's worked with the United States to block an increase in the minimum wage in the hemisphere's poorest nation, how business owners and members of the country's elite used Haiti's police force as their own private army after the 2004 US-backed coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and how the United States, the European Union and the United Nations supported Haiti's recent presidential and parliamentary elections, despite concerns over the exclusion of Haiti's largest opposition party, Lavalas, the party of Aristide. The Nation partners with Haiti Liberte on release of WikiLeaks Haiti cables: www.thenation.com Democracy Now's interview with longtime Haiti correspondent Dan Coughlin and Haïti Liberté editor, Kim Ives, the report's authors. www.democracynow.org Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com
1.47 min. | 4.94 user rating		 This video is one of five "Shared Values" TV advertisements produced in 2002 by the US Department of State for broadcast in Muslim countries. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the advertising campaign was aimed at improving the image of the United States in predominantly Muslim countries. The ads showed Muslim families living in the United States and talking about the religious tolerance and opportunities that they enjoyed as US citizens. Each ad ended with a tag line saying it was sponsored by the "Council of American Muslims for Understanding" (an organization created by the US State Department). Since this video was produced by a taxpayer-funded government agency, it is in the public domain.
2.13 min. | 5.0 user rating		 This video is one of five "Shared Values" TV advertisements produced in 2002 by the US Department of State for broadcast in Muslim countries. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the advertising campaign was aimed at improving the image of the United States in predominantly Muslim countries. The ads showed Muslim families living in the United States and talking about the religious tolerance and opportunities that they enjoyed as US citizens. Each ad ended with a tag line saying it was sponsored by the "Council of American Muslims for Understanding" (an organization created by the US State Department). Since this video was created by a taxpayer-funded government agency, it is in the public domain.
2.05 min. | 4.0 user rating		 Link to contest page. exchanges.state.gov follow the My Culture + Your Culture banner. The United States is a blend of cultures from all around the world. Sports are used to show how we need each other to form a winning team. This video is an entry in the video contest sponsored by the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Adobe Youth Voices and ExchangesConnect. connectcontest.state.gov Follow the above link to view and rate the video at the official contest web site.
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Haslam Retains Max Haston as Adjutant General of State Military Department - The Chattanoogan Tweet this news
The Chattanoogan---...- the -state's- Military -Department-.” Major General Haston is a McMinnville native and has a master's degree in Strategic Studies from the -United States- War ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:03:56 GMT+00:00
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Afrique en Ligue--Cocoa business - America's 'Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)', given out by the US -State Department-, has been won by the Mars Incorporation company, ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:08:08 GMT+00:00
State says little on Human Rights Watch report - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tweet this news
Jewish Telegraphic Agency--"The -United States- expects Israel and the Palestinian Authority to uphold their human rights obligations." Pro-settler groups have criticized the tone of ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:20:14 GMT+00:00
Banks Cut Back on Trading With Embassies: Report - ABC News Tweet this news
ABC News--NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some US banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the -United States- because of the ... - Date : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:44:40 GMT+00:00
NATO fights new threats and withering from within - CNN International Tweet this news
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US State Department Hails Bloggers' Release, Calls on Azeri Government to ... - AzeriReport (blog) Tweet this news
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OPINION: Misguided Aims, Dubious Claims - Nebraska StatePaper.com Tweet this news
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UN Anti-Blasphemy Proposal Meets Firm Resistance - Christian Post Tweet this news
Christian Post---...- -State Department- report on religious freedom around the world. She said the -United States- does not agree that protecting religious freedom means banning ... - Date : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:25:40 GMT+00:00
Administration's weather satellite plan opposed globally - Nextgov Tweet this news
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US Department of State Bureaus and Offices

Deputy Secretary of State &
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources		Executive Secretariat * Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism * Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization * National Foreign Affairs Training Center * Office of the Legal Adviser * Office of Protocol * Office of War Crimes Issues * Bureau of Intelligence and Research * Bureau of Legislative Affairs * Bureau of Resource Management
Under Secretary for
Political Affairs		Bureau of African Affairs * Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs * Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs * Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs * Bureau of International Organization Affairs * Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs * Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs * Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Under Secretary for ManagementBureau of Administration * Bureau of Consular Affairs * Bureau of Diplomatic Security * Bureau of Human Resources * Bureau of Information Resource Management * Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations * Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation
Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural AffairsBureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public AffairsBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs * Bureau of Public Affairs * Bureau of International Information Programs
Under Secretary for
Arms Control and International Security Affairs		Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation * Bureau of Political-Military Affairs * Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Under Secretary for
Democracy and Global Affairs		Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor * Office To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism * Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs * Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration * Office of the Science and Technology Adviser * Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

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