Secretary of state him on a vote of 94–3. On February 1, 2013, Hillary Clinton resigned as Secretary of State and John Kerry was sworn in as the 68th Secretary of State. On February 1, 2017, Rex Wayne Tillerson was sworn in as the 69th United States Secretary of State. His term ended on March 13, 2018, when being fired by President Trump. In most of the individual states of the United States, the Secretary of State is an administrative officer responsible for certain governmental functions. The specific powers and duties of this office depend on the constitution and laws of the particular
Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State for our security. Because where women are disempowered and dehumanized, you are more likely to see not just antidemocratic forces, but extremism that leads to security challenges for us." She subsequently elaborated upon this theme, saying "A lot of the work I do here in the State Department on women's or human-rights issues is not just because I care passionately – which I do – but because I see it as [a way] to increase security to fulfill American interests. These are foreign-policy and national-security priorities for me." In the midst of this turmoil, which also included Clinton pledging government-level