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Management Of The Affairs Of State In The US

By Ina Hunt


Each country takes its delicate affairs with a lot of caution and care as they may deserve. All affairs of state must, at all times, be carefully looked after, and should be kept away from everyone. They have to be prevented from reaching ordinary citizens for the sole purpose of providing security for them. Most of the items address matters such as the security of people, and, hence, must be taken seriously.

In America, there is an established office; office of secretary of state, that handles all matters related to the issues mentioned. His main functions include advising the president on matters that touch on foreign countries and implementing the foreign policies of the country on behalf of his president. Foreign policies encompass civil service, Foreign Service, and an agency whose function is fostering international development. John Kerry holds the current office of the secretary of state.

Currently, John Kerry represents the US and their standpoints of various key issues around the world. He has given the views of his country regarding the state of things in Syria, Iran, Somalia and Russia among many other countries faced with conflicts. He has also stated the views held by the country regarding contemporary issues such as homosexuality, female genital mutilation, climate change and millennium development goals.

He is supposed to ensure good relations between his country, its neighbors and other countries that are not necessarily near them. This relationship is enhance through grants and loans to poor countries, interventions with the view of assisting in finding solutions to crises in war-torn countries and military cooperation among many other things that create friendship among nations.

There is an established section within this department that specifically handles environmental, economic and energy matters. Main areas in this section are climatic change, science and technology, food security, trade programs and policies and disadvantaged small business utilization.

In the weapon regulation and international security area, the department handles security regulation, methods for countering terrorism, trade regulation, diplomatic security, formulation of anti-narcotic laws, military-political matters among many other activities. A lot of these activities are aimed at ensuring that there is peace in the entire country. This department also deals with security for civilians and democracy. The main issues under this docket are conflict resolution and stabilization, fighting internal terrorists, criminal justice, stopping human trafficking, women matters among others.

Under public diplomacy, the office looks at many other issues that include daily press briefings, press releases, registration and updating of events, programs on international information, public affairs, education, culture, history and foreign relations among many other functions. This category of activities is made of the main events meant to foster international co-existence and cooperation.

The last type of events carried out in this sector is the development and assistance department. This department is charged with keeping every resource belonging to the American foreign assistance department. It is, at the same time, houses the office of world health diplomacy.




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