List of U.S. State Department articles
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CIA Director Mike Pompeo walks to a meeting with Virginia Sen. Mark Warner on Capitol Hill on April 18. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Pompeo North Korea Visit Throws Wrench in Confirmation Fight
The behind-the-scenes effort to rally enough senators to confirm Pompeo just got tougher.
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A Yemeni child looks out on buildings damaged in an airstrike in the southern Yemeni city of Taez on March 18. (Ahmad Al-Basha) Senators Demand Answers From Trump Team on Yemen
Administration officials defended their position, but lawmakers weren’t happy with their answers.
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A woman walks in the main lobby entrance featuring a large Department of State embossed seal during a press preview of the new United States Embassy building in central London on Dec. 13, 2017. (Alastair Grant/AFP/Getty Images) State Department Watchdog Reviewing Sexual Harassment, Assault Policies
But some question whether it will result in anything concrete.
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Protesters stand and chant behind Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo before his confirmation hearing in the Senate on April 12. (Jim WatsonAFP/Getty Images) Pompeo Gets a Grilling on the Hill
Mike Pompeo’s charm offensive may have stumbled out of the gate in his confirmation hearing to be Trump’s top diplomat.
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Mike Pompeo during his confirmation hearing to be CIA director in Washington on Jan. 12, 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Here’s What the Senate Should Ask Mike Pompeo
Democratic foreign-policy veterans want answers from Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
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Then-Congressman Mike Pompeo listens as Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22, 2015. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Pompeo Has Been Undermining the State Department Since the Benghazi Investigation
Trump's nominee for secretary of state must answer for the false claims and recycled conspiracies he propagated.
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Brian Hook, the director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department, speaks at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Sept. 19, 2017. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit) Top Advisor’s Fate Serves as Bellwether for State Department
White House officials want Brian Hook to stay in his current role in Foggy Bottom, but a demoralized diplomatic corps would like to see him go.
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Eleanor Taylor illustration for Foreign Policy Economic Rights Are Human Rights
U.S. foreign policy has exacerbated many of the evils it set out to eradicate. It needs an overhaul.
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CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifiesduring a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, on Feb. 13, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Pompeo Braces for Brutal Confirmation Fight
With a tight vote looming, lawmakers hope to extract the outgoing CIA chief’s pledge to restore a damaged State Department.
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FP_FamiliesAbroad_Cross_01 U.S. Diplomats Stuck in Medical Limbo
State Department officials with special needs children face a byzantine bureaucracy that often denies them critical care.
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Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gives a farewell address to State Department staff in Washington on March 22. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson Decries ‘Mean-Spirited’ D.C. in Farewell Address
Tillerson gave a four-minute farewell speech to State Department employees. His legacy will last much longer.
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People gather in Istanbul to support the Turkish government following a failed coup attempt on July 16, 2016. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S. Alliance With Turkey Is Worth Preserving
Ankara is a difficult friend. That doesn't mean the United States should cut it loose.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in the East Room of the White House on March 6. (Andrew Harrer/Pool/Getty Images) As Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson Didn’t Follow the Script for Success
Don’t hate the player — hate the game.
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Mike Pompeo before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, DC, on Jan. 12, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) Mike Pompeo Will Be North Korea’s Trump-Whisperer
The new secretary of state could decide the success of the high-stakes Korea summit.
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Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson making a statement on his departure at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on March 13. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Tillerson’s Exit Could Doom the Iran Nuclear Deal
The accord's survival was already tenuous. But after Trump's Cabinet shakeup, it's likely to end.
