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Department of State
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Department of State - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"DoS, State Department, United States Department of State, Stateexecutive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United StatesFoggy Bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac RiverBureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseasForeign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the worldBureau 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 |
Department of state
Related to Department of state: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland SecurityDEPARTMENT OF STATE, government. The laws of the United States provide that there shall be an executive department, denominated the department of state; and a principal officer therein, called the secretary of state. (q.v.) Acts of July 27, 1789; September 15, 1789, s. 1. There shall be in such department an inferior officer, to be appointed by the Secretary, and employed therein, as he shall deem proper, to be called the chief clerk of the department of state. (q.v.) Act of July 27, 1789, s. 2.
2. He may employ, besides, one chief clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars. per annum; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; two clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars each; one, messenger and assistant, at a compensation not exceeding one thousand and fifty dollars per annum; one superintendent of the patent office, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars; and, in the patent office, one clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars; one machinist, at a compensation not exceeding seven hundred dollars; and one messenger, at a compensation not exceeding four hundred dollars per annum. Act of May 26, 1824; Act of April 20, 1818, s. 2.
3. By the Act of March 2, 1827, 3 Story's Laws, 2061, he is authorized to employ, in the state department, one additional clerk, whose compensation shall not exceed sixteen hundred dollars; two additional clerks, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars each; and one additional clerk for the patent office, whose compensation shall not exceed eight hundred dollars. FinancialSeeU.S. State DepartmentAcronymsSeeSTATE DEPTDepartment of State
Related to Department of State: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland SecuritySynonyms for Department of Statenoun the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policiesSynonyms- DoS
- State Department
- United States Department of State
- State
Related Words- executive department
- Foggy Bottom
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security
- DS
- Foreign Service
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- INR
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