Department of State

noun phrase

: the part of the U.S. government that is responsible for how the U.S. deals with other countries

Examples of Department of State in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Scores for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development declined for the second year in a row putting them near the bottom in their respective categories. —Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 20 May 2024

Assange is accused by the United States of conspiring with Chelsea Manning, who, as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, leaked to Assange hundreds of thousands of classified documents, including about 250,000 U.S. Department of State cables. —Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 20 May 2024

According to deposition testimony, many of the law's provisions were recommended by Matthews and her colleagues at Florida's Department of State, which oversees elections. —Ashley Lopez, NPR, 16 May 2024

This was the culmination of Operation Nica Welcome, led by public servants and diplomats at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 May 2024

The Department of State announced a reward of up to $10 million for information that leads to his arrest. —Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024

Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie was recovered after divers spotted a red construction vehicle in the river and alerted the Maryland Department of State. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 7 May 2024

Authorities note that the Department of State does not send notification letters or emails about selection. —Daniel Shoer Roth, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024

Unified Command salvage teams said its teams had earlier found one of the construction vehicles reported missing when the bridge collapsed in March and notified the Maryland Department of State Police. —Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 1 May 2024

Legal Definition

Department of State

Agency

federal executive division responsible for carrying out U.S. foreign policy. It is the president's principal means of conducting treaty negotiations and effecting agreements with foreign nations. Under its control are the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, seven bureaus of political affairs, the U.S. Foreign Service (including 270 embassies, consulates, and diplomatic missions, and numerous subagencies), and various offices of diplomatic security, foreign intelligence, policy analysis, international narcotics control, protocol, and passport and medical services. The department's legal adviser advises the secretary of state on all matters of international law arising in the conduct of foreign relations.