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 Biden administration will reimpose oil and gas sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolás Maduro failed to comply with a U.S.-backed agreement to allow opposition candidates and parties to run in July elections, the State Department said in a statement Wednesday.
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Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
In November, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Japan, a deal valued at $2.35 billion.
—Tomohiko Taniguchi, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024
This is not the first time that the State Department has suspended regular visa service in Haiti, where both an escalation in gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic created a backlog of applicants.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2023, China broke into the email accounts of 22 federal agencies, spying on senior State Department officials and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo ahead of multiple US delegation trips to Beijing.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
In the past, Israel has said that Iran supports Hamas with around $100 million per year, and in 2021 the U.S. State Department said Hamas had received funding, weapons and training from Iran for years.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
And the recent visits to Washington from the leaders of Japan and the Philippines have revived Biden’s worries about Chinese aggression in the region, prompting the State Department to send a delegation to Beijing over the weekend to head off anxiety about a potential escalation regarding Taiwan.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced at the end of March that six 55-gallon steel drums had been discovered encased in concrete at Bethpage Community Park as the multi-year cleanup of the contaminated site continues.
—Cb Cotton, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
In mid-October, a State Department official, Josh Paul, resigned.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
In November, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Japan, a deal valued at $2.35 billion.
—Tomohiko Taniguchi, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024
This is not the first time that the State Department has suspended regular visa service in Haiti, where both an escalation in gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic created a backlog of applicants.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2023, China broke into the email accounts of 22 federal agencies, spying on senior State Department officials and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo ahead of multiple US delegation trips to Beijing.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
In the past, Israel has said that Iran supports Hamas with around $100 million per year, and in 2021 the U.S. State Department said Hamas had received funding, weapons and training from Iran for years.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
And the recent visits to Washington from the leaders of Japan and the Philippines have revived Biden’s worries about Chinese aggression in the region, prompting the State Department to send a delegation to Beijing over the weekend to head off anxiety about a potential escalation regarding Taiwan.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced at the end of March that six 55-gallon steel drums had been discovered encased in concrete at Bethpage Community Park as the multi-year cleanup of the contaminated site continues.
—Cb Cotton, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
In mid-October, a State Department official, Josh Paul, resigned.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
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