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Foggy Bottom

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Fog·gy Bottom (fg)
n.
The U.S. Department of State.

[From the location of the Department of State in a low-lying area of Washington, D.C., near the Potomac River.]
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Noun1.Foggy Bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River
Department of State, DoS, State Department, United States Department of State, State - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"


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Briefing reporters after the meeting at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department, Clinton said the United States and Britain will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in pursuit of common objectives.
Institutional rivalry between the NSC and Foggy Bottom goes back many years.
Foggy Bottom Best know for The Kennedy Center, George Washington University and the infamous (thanks to former President Richard Nixon) Watergate Hotel, Foggy Bottom used to be a working class neighborhood filled with the Irish and German immigrants and African Americans who worked in the local breweries, glass plants and at the gas company.
 
 
 
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