http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/07/244885.htm http://www.c-span.org/video/?159361-1/harry-s-truman-building-dedication U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/ President William Jefferson Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Dedication of Harry S Truman Building, September 22, 2000 In recognition of President Truman's foreign policy achievements, President Clinton on June 20, 2000 signed legislation to name the State Department headquarters in President Truman's honor. President Clinton and Secretary of State Albright presided at a ceremony on September 22, 2000 outside the State Department's C Street headquarters to name it the "Harry S Truman Building." Statements: * 09/22/00: Remarks by President Clinton at Dedication of the United States Department of State Building in Honor of Harry S Truman, Washington, DC * 09/22/00: Remarks by Secretary Albright and Others at the Dedication and Unveiling of Granite Marker of the Harry S Truman Building, Washington, DC * 09/21/00: Remarks by Secretary Albright at the Secretary's Open Forum Event "Harry Truman - 1884-1972" * 09/21/00: Revised Notice to the Press on Dedication of Department of State Headquarters as Harry S Truman Building * 09/18/00: Press statement on Dedication of Department of State Building as Harry S Truman Building. http://www.state.gov/1997-2001-NOPDFS/dept/truman/truman_event.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State Formed July 27, 1789; 225 years ago Preceding Agency Department of Foreign Affairs Headquarters Harry S Truman Building 2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C., U.S. http://www.gsa.gov/portal/ext/html/site/hb/category/25431/actionParameter/exploreByBuilding/buildingId/700 The United States Department of State (DoS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established. The Department is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building located at 2201 C Street, NW, a few blocks away from the White House in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Department operates the diplomatic missions of the United States abroad and is responsible for implementing the foreign policy of the United States and U.S. diplomacy efforts. The Department is also the depositary for more than 200 multilateral treaties. The Department is led by the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Secretary of State is John Kerry. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the presidential line of succession. The House of Representatives and Senate approved legislation to establish a Department of Foreign Affairs on July 21, 1789, and President Washington signed it into law on July 27, making the Department of Foreign Affairs the first federal agency to be created under the new Constitution. This legislation remains the basic law of the Department of State. In September 1789, additional legislation changed the name of the agency to the Department of State. These responsibilities grew to include management of the United States Mint, keeper of the Great Seal of the United States, and the taking of the census. Most of these domestic duties of the Department of State were eventually turned over to various new Federal departments and agencies that were established during the 19th century. However, the Secretary of State still retains a few domestic responsibilities, such as being the keeper of the Great Seal and being the officer to whom a President or Vice-President of the United States wishing to resign must deliver an instrument in writing declaring the decision to resign. In 1978, the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) formed an office to use excess military and government aircraft for support of foreign nations' counter-narcotics operations. The first aircraft used was a crop duster used for eradication of illicit crops in Mexico in cooperation with the local authorities. The separate Air Wing was established in 1986 as use of aviation assets grew in the war on drugs. Following the events of the September 11 attacks, and the subsequent war on terror, the Air Wing went on to expand their operations from mainly anti-narcotics operations to also support security of United States nationals and interests, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2011, the Air Wing was operating more than 230 aircraft around the world, the main missions still being counter narcotics and transportation of state officials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Medd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_Church_of_the_Redemption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Chollet

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