The head of the State Department.
Who is the Secretary of State?
The first two international posts in 1789.
What are Paris and London?
The former role of the Secretary of State in Madam Secretary.
The name of the 3 agencies/pieces of the State Department.
What are the department of state, diplomatic service, the consular service?
The most expensive US embassy is located where?
What is London? (cost $1 billion)
A summary of the State Department's mission.
To protect and promote U.S. security, prosperity, and democratic values and shape an international environment in which all Americans can thrive
The first Secretary of State.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
The number of American embassy workers rescued in Argo.
What is 6?
The agency within the State Department that requires an exam to be considered for the program.
What is the foreign service?
The number of embassies, consulates, and missions across the world.
What is 270?
The State Department is made up of this many employees.
What is 60,000? (+/- 5,000)
The domestic duties under the state department in its early years.
What is the Mint, census, copyright management?
What is...
The type of work an American can do within the US - typically earned a degree in an area not related to foreign policy.
What is the civil service?
The US has an embassy in every country it recognizes except...
What is Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Yemen?
The names of 2 Secretaries of State.
The time the State Department began to expand into the department it is today.
What is the role of intelligence?
Two roles a foreign service specialist might hold while working in an embassy.
What is process Visas, assist US citizens in foreign countries: lost passports, births overseas, political updates, engage in cultural outreach within the country?
The largest US embassy (by size) in the world. (Hint! located in the middle east)
What is Baghdad (Iraq)?
The names of 2 of the departments within the State dept.
One of the roles under Thomas Jefferson at the beginning of the department.
What is the chief clerk, clerk, translator, or messenger?
The eligibility requirements for a college student interested in an internship with the State Department.
What are grade (junior or senior, graduate student), GPA, continuing student, eligible for a clearance?
The number of foreign missions located in Washington DC.