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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The State Department authorized the transfer of 25 F-35A fighter jets and engines last month.
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Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The newspaper also joked about rats exposing State Department divides over strategic weaponry: conventional broom and mop, or chemical agents.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member James Risch have yet to approve an initial $40 million the State Department is requesting.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Since launching in Los Angeles in 1995, this dance-happy band has performed around the world, including in Jordan, Nepal, Vietnam and Tunisia after being designated as official cultural ambassadors by the U.S. State Department in 2007.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department nearly one year after the role became vacant.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
In response to the growing urgency of the requests, the State Department began chartering private helicopters last month to help evacuate Americans from Port-au-Prince into neighboring Dominican Republic.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
The State Department recently sent an informal notice to two congressional committees to start a legislative review process for the order, a first step toward the department’s giving formal authorization for the transfer of up to 50 of the planes.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
In Washington, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the U.S. does not always agree with Al Jazeera's coverage, but respects its work.
—Josef Federman, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The newspaper also joked about rats exposing State Department divides over strategic weaponry: conventional broom and mop, or chemical agents.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member James Risch have yet to approve an initial $40 million the State Department is requesting.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Since launching in Los Angeles in 1995, this dance-happy band has performed around the world, including in Jordan, Nepal, Vietnam and Tunisia after being designated as official cultural ambassadors by the U.S. State Department in 2007.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department nearly one year after the role became vacant.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
In response to the growing urgency of the requests, the State Department began chartering private helicopters last month to help evacuate Americans from Port-au-Prince into neighboring Dominican Republic.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
The State Department recently sent an informal notice to two congressional committees to start a legislative review process for the order, a first step toward the department’s giving formal authorization for the transfer of up to 50 of the planes.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
In Washington, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the U.S. does not always agree with Al Jazeera's coverage, but respects its work.
—Josef Federman, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
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