department of state

Noun
  1. The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies (synset 108154738)
    "the Department of State was created in 1789"
    is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
    subtypes: foggy bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River
    has:
    • 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
    same as: dos, state, state department, united states department of state

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