âused to express mild disappointment, gentle entreaty, or real or mock sympathy or sentiment.
The Secretary carries out the President's foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service, and U.S. Agency for International Development. On February 1, 2013, John Kerry was sworn in as the 68th Secretary of State of the United States.
This online resource continues a 1991 publication of the Office of the Historian, Principal Officers of the Department of State and United States Chiefs of Mission. Our intent is to document the history of U.S. representation abroad and the chief policymakers in the Department of State. To that end, we have provided a chronological listing of principal officersâessentially all Department officers at the level of assistant secretary or aboveâand chiefs of mission.