List of U.S. State Department articles
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 16: President-elect Donald Trump heads back into the elevator after shaking hands with Martin Luther King III after their meeting at Trump Tower, January 16, 2017 in New York City. Trump will be inaugurated as the next U.S. President this coming Friday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The National Security Hole at the Heart of the Trump Transition
Thousands of key policymakers — from State to the Department of Defense — still need to be appointed to new positions. But nothing’s happening.
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Former ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson testifies during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 11, 2017. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, acknowledged Wednesday that Russia poses an international danger and that its recent actions had "disregarded" US interests, as he faced a Senate grilling. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Is Tillerson Willing to Go to War Over the South China Sea?
The Exxon boss has shown before he can take Beijing to the limit — but as Secretary of State the stakes will be far higher.
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 20: ExxonMobil Corporation Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson testifies during a hearing before the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee January 20, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing to examine the merger of ExxonMobil and XTO. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rex Tillerson, Pick for Secretary of State, Breaks with Trump on Key Issues
The oilman struggled to lend coherence to Trump’s foreign policy, but did reveal their differences on Russia, climate change, nukes and more.
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trumpmattis_720 Upcoming Trump Cabinet Confirmations Already Consumed by Chaos
And they haven’t even started contradicting the president-elect yet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry’s Mideast Peace Push Is Too Little, Too Late
The U.S. secretary of state’s speech laying out terms for a two-state solution is the final example of the Obama administration’s failure to move the needle on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry on Israel: Two-State Solution Is in Serious Jeopardy
John Kerry rebuked Benjamin Netanyahu's administration and outlined a potential, but improbable, path for peace.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. Likely to Be “One of the Biggest Losers” of Ambassador Assassination
One Turkey expert's take on what the ambassador's assassination might mean for the future of U.S. relations with Russia and Turkey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 All Rex Tillerson Cares About Is Energy
But does that mean he's going to gut America’s $50 billion foreign aid budget?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Four People Trump Has Appointed for Jobs They Don’t Seem to Think Should Exist
One way to shake up a cabinet? Hire people who previously wanted to get rid of the organizations they're now slated to run.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Be a Loyal State Department Bureaucrat in the Trump Administration and Keep a Clear Conscience
Twelve tips for surviving life in the new Foggy Bottom.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Too Soon to Judge Rex Tillerson
Tillerson is not the first nominee for secretary of state whose company's close ties with a foreign country cast a cloud of suspicion.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 David Petraeus Would Be a Great Secretary of State
The general with more terrorist blood on his hands than any other American is the right choice for America’s top diplomat.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress Issues a Warning to Iran and a Rebuff to the Obama Administration
Senators unanimously extend sanctions on Iran in a symbolic message to Tehran, ending a tentative thaw in U.S relations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 All the President’s Generals, Potentially Including One at State
The hopes and fears inside Foggy Bottom about a Secretary Petraeus.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry to Climate Change Summit Attendees, and Trump: ‘We Don’t Get a Second Chance’
Secretary Kerry addressed climate change negotiators Wednesday. But his real message was to Donald Trump.
