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State Department

noun

The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies. Synonyms: Department of State, DoS, State, United States Department of State.

A department of government in one of the 50 states.

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"State department" Quotes from Famous Books

... left broken and in hostile camps by President Hayes; Garfield tried in his Cabinet to change this and "to have a party behind him." The State Department went to his rival and ally, Blaine, whose personal following was larger than that of any other American politician. The independent Republicans, who had seceded in 1872 and had muttered ever since, were pleased by the elevation ...

— The New Nation • Frederic L. Paxson

... Bonsal, who was our charge d'affaires then, was sent from Madrid to adjust matters. Without bloodshed he got rid of the ex-consul, and later MacIver so endeared himself to the Denians that they begged the State Department to retain him in that place for the ...

— Real Soldiers of Fortune • Richard Harding Davis

... Bazan or to the other two Black Crows. Furthermore, I do not now refer to the Island of Paa in the hearing of the trio. The claims and title of Norway to the island have long since been made good and conceded—even by the State Department at Washington—and I understand that Captain Petersen has made a very pretty fortune out ...

— A Deal in Wheat - And Other Stories of the New and Old West • Frank Norris

... the annexation of Texas to the North American Union was uppermost in American affairs from the outset of this year. After the retirement of Daniel Webster from the State Department, active efforts toward that end were begun. The Mexican Government, learning of this movement, notified the United States that annexation would be regarded as a cause for war. Texas first asked for American interference, and, failing in this, came to an agreement with Great ...

— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson

... vote of the children in the schools of N. Y. State as the State Tree, and the Rose as the State Flower. Nature's Tribute, The Rose, and The Golden Rod were written at the request of the State Department of Public Instruction of N. Y. and sent to the schools of the State for Arbor Day use. Nature's Tribute was ...

— Our Profession and Other Poems • Jared Barhite

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