State Department
noun
: the part of the U.S. government that is responsible for how the U.S. deals with other countries
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, the 2024 documentary about the State Department’s use of jazz diplomacy in Africa amid CIA assassination plots, sets Nikita Khrushchev’s fist and Allen Dulles’s deceit against the Cold War’s swinging anti-colonial score.
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Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Jamie Rubin ran the State Department's Global Engagement Center, an agency that shuttered after Congress eliminated its funding in 2024.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
At the same time, the administration’s appetite for sanctioning China, which has long been the single largest buyer of Iranian oil, has been limited, according to Chris Kennedy, economic statecraft lead at Bloomberg Economics and a former State Department official.
—Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 23 May 2026
The State Department also severely curtailed visa processing, halting the processing of immigrant visa applications for people from 75 countries in January.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 23 May 2026
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Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Jamie Rubin ran the State Department's Global Engagement Center, an agency that shuttered after Congress eliminated its funding in 2024.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
At the same time, the administration’s appetite for sanctioning China, which has long been the single largest buyer of Iranian oil, has been limited, according to Chris Kennedy, economic statecraft lead at Bloomberg Economics and a former State Department official.
—Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 23 May 2026
The State Department also severely curtailed visa processing, halting the processing of immigrant visa applications for people from 75 countries in January.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 23 May 2026
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