What is United States Department of State?
{{Redirect|Department of State|the term as used in Ireland|Department of State (Ireland)}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = United States Department of State | logo = Flag of the United States Department of State.svg | logo_width = 200 | logo_caption = Flag of the department | seal = Seal of the United States Department of State.svg | seal_width = 200 | seal_caption = Seal of the department | picture = United States Department of State headquarters.jpg | formed = {{Start date and age|1789|7|27}} | preceding1 = Department of Foreign Affairs | agency_type = [[United States federal executive departments|Executive department]] | jurisdiction = [[U.S. federal government]] | headquarters = [[Harry S Truman Building]]<br />2201 C Street<br />[[Northwest, Washington, D.C.|Northwest]], [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|38|53|39|N|77|2|54|W|type:landmark|display=inline}} | employees = 13,885 [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]] employees<br/>10,171 [[United States civil service|Civil Service]] employees<br/>49,734 local employees<ref>Foreign Service local employees. {{cite web |url=http://careers.state.gov/learn/what-we-do/mission |title=What We Do: Mission |accessdate=July 23, 2014 |archive-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922223528/http://www.careers.state.gov/learn/what-we-do/mission |url-status=dead }}</ref> | budget = $47.5&nbsp;billion (FY 2015; including $26.5&nbsp;billion for State and $21.0&nbsp;billion for international assistance)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Office of Management and Budget|title=Table 5.2—Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2021 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2017/assets/hist05z2.xls|website=Obama White House Archives |publisher=US government|accessdate=March 1, 2017}}</ref> | chief1_name = [[Marco Rubio]] | chief1_position = [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary]] | chief2_name = [[Christopher Landau]] (nominee) | chief2_position = [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Dep