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Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves...victory for democracy." "No, it's not dead, but maybe sleeping for the time being," said State Department press spokesman Fred Lash. A senior State Department official said the stakes are high and time is short. "If the parties let this... In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, and State Department |
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Hillary Clinton to represent US at Berlin Wall
...forum on Wednesday ahead of that organization's annual summit later in the week that President Barack Obama will attend, the State Department said. On Thursday and Friday, Clinton then visits the Philippines, which is recovering...
In this article: Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S., State Department, Barack Obama, White House, Germany, Singapore, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and George H.W. Bush
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AP Online | 1 day ago
US urges Honduran unity government
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is expressing disappointment that Honduras has failed to form a unity government. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Friday that "it is urgent that this government be created...
In this article: State Department, Manuel Zelaya, US, Roberto Micheletti, Washington, and Honduras
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Huffington Post | 1 day ago
Blackwater Still In Business: State Department Fumbles Effort To Oust Them From Iraq
...to stop doing business in Iraq with companies affiliated with the controversial paramilitary contractor formerly known as Blackwater, the State Depart... Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after...
In this article: Blackwater, State Department, Iraq, Tax, Iraq War, Dyncorp, and U.S.
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San Francisco Chronicle | 1 day ago
Sea turtle advocates sue State Department
A California sea turtle advocacy group and a Florida fishing association filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco Thursday accusing the U.S. State Department of allowing foreign fishermen to sell shrimp in the United States caught by nets...
In this article: State Department, United States, San Francisco, Florida, and Endangered Species Act
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AP Online | 2 days ago
US mulls DNA tests for some refugees
...fraud among those claiming family links to join relatives already in the United States. The State Department said Thursday that it and the Homeland Security Department are nearing a decision on ways to reinstate a refugee resettlement...
In this article: State Department, United States, Homeland Security Department, Barack Obama, Africa, Washington, and England
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Hillary Clinton, cover girl
...insights on the roles of the nation's top diplomat: The job of Secretary of State is more thankless than glamorous; in some ways, the Department of State, a noble antique, is still trying to come to terms with the invention of the...
In this article: Hillary Clinton, Joe Klein, Department of State, James Baker, Time Magazine, Twitter, Richard Nixon, George Shultz, George H.W. Bush, and Pentagon
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Kenyan attorney mulls legal action against US
Carson said three other officials may face similar travel bans. Carson said the U.S. was taking such actions because the official, who the U.S. State Department later identified as Wako, had been an obstacle to reforms aimed at preventing a...
In this article: Amos Wako, Attorney General, United States, Legal advice, U.S. State Department, Kenya, Africa, and Nairobi
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America.gov | 4 days ago
State Department on Civil Society 2.0 Initiative
Initiative to help grassroots organizations use digital technology Secretary Clinton Announces Civil Society 2.0 Initiative to Build Capacity of Grassroots Organizations In her remarks today to the Forum for the Future, Secretary Clinton...
In this article: Hillary Rodham Clinton, State Department, North Africa, Middle East, and United States
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New Kerala | 6 days ago
Clinton's 'berating' of Pak over Qaeda ignored by State Department report
...with Islamabad. It said that the top US Diplomat wanted relationship with Pakistan to be based on 'mutual trust and respect.' The State Department also noted that on the first day of her visit, Clinton announced a number of major...
In this article: Hillary Clinton, State Department, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Ahmad Shuja Pasha, Inter-Services Intelligence, The Dawn, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and Taliban
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The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, similar to foreign ministries, foreign offices, ministries of external relations, etc. in other countries. It is administered by the Secretary of State.
It is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building at 2201 C Street, N.W., a few blocks from the White House in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Department's Secretary is the first Cabinet member in the line of succession in the event of the disability or death of the President, and is fourth after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
- Name:
- Department of State
- Headquarters:
- Harry S Truman Building
- Founding Date:
- July 27, 1789
- No. of Employees:
- 30,266 (2004)
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