Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
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Appointer | The Secretary of State |
Website | Official website |
The Spokesperson for the United States Department of State is a
Historically, the State Department Spokesperson and the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs were synonymous names for the same role. However, this has not been the case since Philip J. Crowley's tenure ended in 2011.[2] Since 2011, the Assistant Secretary and the State Department Spokesperson have been two separate roles held by different people.[3] In late 2015, the two roles were once again merged with the appointment of Spokesperson John Kirby as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.[4]
Responsibilities
The State Department spokesperson is responsible for communicating the
The State Department spokesperson will also often accompany the secretary of state on travel to assist with press conferences.
List of State Department spokespeople
References
- ^ "Bureau of Public Affairs: Senior Official Biographies". U.S. Department of State. October 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "Victoria Nuland to be State Department spokesman". Foreign Policy. May 16, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "Biographies for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy: Senior Officials". August 10, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- U.S. Department of State. December 11, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- Washington Post. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ^ Gleijeses, Piero (1991). Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944–1954. Princeton University Press.
- ^ Neal, Steve (2003). HST: Memories of the Truman Years. Southern Illinois University Press.
- ^ "Lincoln White is Dead at 77; U.S. Spokesman in Cold War". The New York Times. April 28, 1983. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ "Robert J. McCloskey, State Dept. Spokesman, Dies at 74". The New York Times. November 30, 1996. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- Washington Post. October 2, 1989. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Robert Anderson Papers". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "William Hodding Carter III (1935–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "William Jennings Dyess (1929–1966)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Dean E. Fischer (1936–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "(Robert) John Hughes (1930–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Bernard Kalb: From NBC to the State Department". Brookings Institution. October 2, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Charles Edgar Redman (1943–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Margaret Debardeleben Tutwiler (1950–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "Richard A. Boucher". U.S. Department of State. February 21, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "And the good news is...: A conversation with former White House Press Secretaries Dana Perino and Mike McCurry". American Enterprise Institute. April 23, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Nicholas Burns". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- Washington Speakers Bureau. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Department Spokesman Sean McCormack". U.S. Department of State. July 18, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Department Press Briefing - April 27, 2017". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved July 15, 2017.