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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool)

U.S. eyes massive ramp-up in diplomatic personnel and spending at new Pacific island embassies

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - Taliban fighters stand guard in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2021. A State Department report says the department failed to do enough contingency planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan. The review repeatedly blames the administration of former President Donald Trump for not doing enough planning or processing of visas after beginning the withdrawal. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

State Department failed to plan, respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new U.S. report finds

By Matthew Lee and Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

An instructor trains members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Dozens of civilians have been joining Ukraine's army reserves in recent weeks amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

State Department orders families of American personnel at embassy in Ukraine to leave

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Tony Blinken, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. The Senate has confirmed Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Antony Blinken tells State Dept. diplomats: It’s ‘a new day for the world’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

China’s DF-26 ballistic missiles worry the U.S. because they can be fired from long ranges with enough precision to attack a moving ship. (Associated Press)

China nuclear weapons arsenal growth alarming, State Department warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint press conference as part of a meeting with the Prime Minister of Czech Republic Andrej Babis in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe. Slovenia, Austria and Poland are the other stations of the trip. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)

Pompeo justly declared emergency but failed to consider civilian risks in weapons deal, IG finds

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, shows the Mar-a-Lago resort owned by President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Eliot Engel, Joaquin Castro concerns on taxpayers funding Trump properties

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets the media in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Italy at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe as the push to impeach President Donald Trump gains steam at home. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Mike Pompeo, State Department under scrutiny in Trump-Ukraine furor

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Watchdog cites possible political retribution at State Dept

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces a new "ethos" statement as he addresses employees in the lobby staircase of the U.S. State Department headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Pompeo outlines new ‘ethos’ for battered State Department

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, centers, speaks to the media on his plane after departing Kansas City, Missouri, Monday, March 18, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool Image via AP)

Lawmakers press Pompeo over briefing that excluded press corps

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

If President Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions (left), he likely also would oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (Associated Press/File)

Jeff Sessions or ‘deep state’: Donald Trump’s Justice Department dilemma

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 12, 2018, file photo, refugee school girls fly kites during the &quot;Kites of Dignity&quot; event at the UNRWA Rimal Girls Preparatory school in Gaza City. The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza, according to U.S. officials and congressional aides. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

US cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks during a ceremonial swearing in at the State Department, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A State Dept with swagger? Trump seeks reset with Pompeo

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

"There's a long history of Russian efforts to influence the United States and conduct influence operations against the United States," said CIA Director Mike Pompeo. (Associated Press/File)

Diplomats put hope in Mike Pompeo as Rex Tillerson departs

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ahead of an NCAA college football game between the Army and the Navy, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rex Tillerson announces partial easing of State Department hiring ban

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Actress Angelina Jolie adopted three foreign-born children.

American adoptions of foreign children still declining

Associated Press

Hillary Clinton's BlackBerry use was well-known, but State Department staffers in charge of handling open records requests weren't aware of her secret email account, according to the designated expert. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s email practices ignored by State Department staffers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini (right) chats with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry while posing for a group photo at the opening of an international meeting in a bid to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in Paris on June 3, 2016. U.S., European and Arab diplomats meet in Paris for a French-led effort to revive the Mideast peace process, despite skepticism from Israel. (Associated Press)

John Kerry vows to get to bottom of State Department-doctored Iran video

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 8, 2011, file-pool photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hands off her mobile phone after arriving for a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool, File)

Hillary Clinton’s chief email defense is false

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times