(United States) the head of the
State Department (an
executive division of the US
government charged with the conduct of foreign
affairs) and the
principal adviser to the
president on
affairs having to do with other countries. Every
time somebody discovers one of these secrets, or the
secretary of
state or somebody like that, of the United
States, gets on a
plane hurriedly in
order to tell the last atomic secrets to
Khrushchev...
- A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) the head of the US
Department of
State (also known as the "
State Department") which is responsible for making and conducting foreign
policy, i.e., relations between the US and foreign nations. It is the oldest
department in the United
States government and its activities
include negotiating treaties, receiving foreign diplomats, directing US diplomats in other countries,
coordinating correspondence from foreign nations and administering
economic aid to developing nations. The
secretary of
state's overall
responsibility is identifying the
major international problems the US faces and developing the strategy to deal with them. This
post is appointed by the US
President and is one of his
chief advisors. When the
post was first held in the
late 1700s and early 1800s, it often served as a stepping stone to the presidency.
Thomas Jefferson, for
example served as (the first)
secretary of
state before being
elected the third
president of the United
States. Every
time somebody discovers one of these secrets, or the
secretary of
state, or somebody like that, of the United
States gets on a
plane hurriedly in
order to tell the last atomic secrets to
Khrushchev.
-A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) (United
States) the head of the
State Department and
principal adviser to the
president on foreign
affairs. Every
time somebody discovers one of these secrets, or the
secretary of
state, or somebody like that, of the United
States gets on a
plane hurriedly in
order to tell the last atomic secrets to
Khrushchev.
- A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) (United
States) the head of the
State Department and
principal adviser to the
president on foreign
affairs.