The United States Department of State, 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
Department of State Headquarters
23rd street entrance
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks to the media
Harry S. Truman Building (formerly Main State Building), headquarters of the U.S. Department of State since May 1947
Harry S Truman Building
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The Harry S Truman Building is the headquarters of the United States Department of State. It is located in Washington, D.C., and houses the office of the United States secretary of state.
United States Department of State
…international treaties and agreements, protecting citizens abroad 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. Established…
The Harry S Truman Building in 2008
East entrance to the Truman Building
Kindred McLeary's 1942 fresco The Defense of Human Freedoms, commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture for the War Department Building
South courtyard featuring The Expanding Universe by Marshall Fredericks