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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New York State Department of Health regulations require that home care agencies develop and maintain emergency plans.
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Josh Klein, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
On Friday, a judge prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, on administrative leave, after a pause on all new U.S. foreign assistance programs funded by the State Department and USAID the week prior.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
In the 1950s, attacks from McCarthy and other Republicans led to a purge of State Department diplomats, including East Asia experts whose knowledge might have helped the U.S. avoid or mitigate its disastrous involvement in the Vietnam War.
—Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the State Department can offer waivers for some of the most critical aid efforts to continue, but there are questions about who would be left at the agency to process those waivers.
—ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Josh Klein, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
On Friday, a judge prevented the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, on administrative leave, after a pause on all new U.S. foreign assistance programs funded by the State Department and USAID the week prior.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
In the 1950s, attacks from McCarthy and other Republicans led to a purge of State Department diplomats, including East Asia experts whose knowledge might have helped the U.S. avoid or mitigate its disastrous involvement in the Vietnam War.
—Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the State Department can offer waivers for some of the most critical aid efforts to continue, but there are questions about who would be left at the agency to process those waivers.
—ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
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“State Department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/State%20Department. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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