The United States Department of State (DOS),or simply the State Department,is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other nations,its primary duties are advising the U.S. president on international relations,administering diplomatic missions,negotiating international treaties and agreements,and representing the U.S. at the United Nations. The department is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building,a few blocks from the White House,in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington,D.C.;"Foggy Bottom" is thus sometimes used as a metonym.
The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government,under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of over 13,000 professionals carrying out the foreign policy of the United States and aiding U.S. citizens abroad. Its current director general is Marcia Bernicat.
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details,such as the order of precedence at official processions,table seatings at state dinners,the person to whom diplomatic credentials should be presented,and the title by which the diplomat should be addressed.
The Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States is a part of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington,D.C.,and is the de facto consular representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States.
George Venable Allen was a United States diplomat. He served as ambassador to Iran during the crisis of 1946 and was involved in managing US relations amid the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He was involved in expanding activities of the Voice of America,exporting culture and increasing US participation in the UNESCO.
A Foreign Service officer (FSO) is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. FSOs formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. They spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies,consulates,and other diplomatic missions,though some receive assignments to serve at combatant commands,Congress,and educational institutions such as the various U.S. service academies.
A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country,and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Foreign Service Specialists are direct-hire career employees of the United States Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies. They are members of the United States Foreign Service who provide important technical,support or administrative services in 19 career categories,including Diplomatic Security Agents,Doctors and Physician Assistants,Diplomatic Technology Officers,Office Management Specialists,Human Resource Specialists. They serve in over 290 Embassies or Consulates abroad,Washington,D.C. or other locations in the continental United States.
Bernadette Mary Allen is a retired United States foreign service officer and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Niger.
Sheldon Baird Vance,born in Crookston,Minnesota,was the U.S. Ambassador to Zaire from May 27,1969,through March 26,1974.
Henry Allen Holmes was the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1982 to 1985 and a career diplomat.
Eugene Schuyler was a nineteenth-century American scholar,writer,explorer and diplomat. Schuyler was one of the first three Americans to earn a Ph.D. from an American university;and the first American translator of Ivan Turgenev and Lev Tolstoi. He was the first American diplomat to visit Russian Central Asia,and as American Consul General in Istanbul he played a key role in publicizing Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria in 1876 during the April Uprising. He was the first American Minister to Romania and Serbia,and U.S. Minister to Greece.
Patricia Mary Byrne was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Burma from November 1979 to September 1983,and United States Ambassador to Mali from December 1976 to October 1979.
Thomas David Boyatt is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–80) and Colombia (1980–83). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive for six days in a Palestinian hijacking in the 1960s. He graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951. He continues to return to his former high school to speak to students during the Wyoming School Foundation Day.
Parker Thompson "Pete" Hart was a United States diplomat.
Ruth A. Davis is an American diplomat. Davis served as the 24th director general of the United States Foreign Service. She is the first woman of color to be appointed as Director General of the Foreign Service and the first African-American Director of the Foreign Service Institute. In 2002,she became a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and a Career Ambassador. She was the Chief of Staff of the Africa Bureau of the U.S. Department of State.
The relations between the Ottoman Empire and the United States have a long history having its roots even before the American independence since there was actually a running trade between these two regions. After the American independence in 1776,the first relations between these two countries started through the contact between the American merchants,statesmen and lastly the Navy and North African countries and with the Ottoman Empire after 1780.
John Russell Countryman,stage name Johnnie Russell,is an American former child actor and retired career officer for the United States Foreign Service.
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in New York is a consular mission of Indonesia in New York City,United States. The consulate general provides consular services to 15 U.S. states,mainly on the East Coast of the United States:Connecticut,Delaware,Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,New Jersey,New York,North Carolina,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,South Carolina,Vermont,Virginia,and West Virginia.
Claude GordonAnthony "Tony" Ross was an American diplomat. He served as the US Ambassador to the Central African Republic,Haiti,and Tanzania.
