Augusta is located on the Georgia/South Carolina border, about 150 miles (240 km) east of Atlanta and 70 miles (110 km) west of Columbia.
State Department- handles relations with other nations. Treaty of Greenville- Wayne forced Native American nations of Great Lakes region to sign treaty to open Ohio to white settlement. Thomas Jefferson- Republican, 3rd president. Treasury Department- one of the three original departments created by congress
Key responsibilities include representing the United States in: (1) WTO negotiations, including the ongoing Doha Round of trade negotiations; (2) the various WTO committees and other bodies charged with managing and monitoring the implementation of WTO agreements; (3) the WTO's dispute settlement system, including meetings of the Dispute Settlement Body and hearings before dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body; and (4) negotiations on the accession of new members to the WTO.