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State Department

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State Department
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the US government department in charge of foreign affairs
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Noun1.State Department - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
Foggy Bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River
Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
2.State Department - a department of government in one of the 50 states
government department - a department of government
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Translations
State Department n (Am) the State Departmentil Dipartimento di StatoMinistero degli Esteri
State Department n (Am) the State Departmentil Dipartimento di StatoMinistero degli Esteri


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