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The
Unitit States Depairtment o State
(
DoS
),
[3]
eften referred tae as the
State Depairtment
, is the
Unitit States federal executive depairtment
responsible for
internaitional relations
o the
Unitit States
, equivalent tae the
foreign meenistry
o other countries. The Department wis creatit in 1789 an wis the first executive depairtment established.