Department of State
Department of State http://diplomacy.state.gov/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/11563dfe8f018ca189391bda80c0edf6?s=96&d=mm&r=gThe oldest and head agency in the President’s cabinet. The Secretary of State leads the Department of State in carrying out the President’s foreign policies. The Department was initially founded as the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1781 and then renamed in 1789 in the Constitution as the Department of State.