State Department stories:
Florida State vacates wins
Feb 7th, 2010 - MiamiHerald
florida state's athletic department officially announced the vacating of wins relating to last year's academic fraud violations, including 12 for football under former head coach bobby bowden's watch. the ncaa had denied an appeal by florida state
Fewer SC students passing state math, English test
Feb 4th, 2010 - Telegram
. passing rates on the state's new palmetto assessment of state standards range between 60 percent and 80 percent, according to the numbers released by the state education department. in 2008, the rate of students who passed the palmetto achieve challenge
Band of snow, ice blankets Southern states; winter storm makes its way to mid-Atlantic
Jan 30th, 2010 - Newser
weighed down with ice crashed into her mobile home early saturday, maury county fire department assistant
11 injured in fight in Arizona prison
Jan 30th, 2010 - ABC 7 News
buckeye, ariz. - eleven inmates at an arizona prison were injured after a fight broke out at a complex west of phoenix saturday afternoon, a state department of corrections spokesman said. one inmate was airlifted to an area hospital, four
North Korea holding second U.S. citizen: State Department
Jan 29th, 2010 - Washington Post
washington (reuters) - north korea has informed the united states it is holding a second u.s. citizen, the state department said on friday. "we haven't been informed by the north korean government that it is holding an american citizen who allegedly
State Department videos from YouTube:
1:57US State Department welcomes its new boss Hillary Clinton
www.euronews.net The US State Department has welcomed its new boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the first former First Lady to take one of Americas top jobs.
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3:13Obama, Clinton At State Dept.
Secretary of State Clinton and the State Department received the praise of President Barack Obama this afternoon.
State Department from WikiPedia:
The United States Department of State (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 ministries 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 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 responsible for implementing the foreign policy of the United States and U.S. diplomacy efforts.
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 Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the presidential line of succession (fourth overall, after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the President pro tempore of the Senate). The current Secretary of State is Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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