Historically, the State Department Spokesperson and the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs were synonymous names for the same role. However, this has not been the case since Philip J. Crowley's tenure ended in 2011.[2] Since 2011, the Assistant Secretary and the State Department Spokesperson have been two separate roles held by different people.[3] In late 2015, the two roles were once again merged with the appointment of Spokesperson John Kirby as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.[4]
The State Department spokesperson is responsible for communicating the foreign policy of the United States to American and foreign media, typically in a daily press briefing. The daily press briefing typically includes a summary of the secretary of state's schedule, any upcoming trips by the secretary, the president of the United States, or other distinguished State Department officials including under secretaries and assistant secretaries, and official reactions and positions of the U.S. government on certain news of the day, followed by Q&A with journalists attending the briefing. A tradition that began during the tenure of John Foster Dulles as secretary of state in the 1950s,[5] the daily press briefing is on-the-record, and is recorded and made available on the State Department's website.
The State Department spokesperson will also often accompany the secretary of state on travel to assist with press conferences.
List of State Department spokespeopleEdit
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2015)
^"William Hodding Carter III (1935–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"William Jennings Dyess (1929–1966)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Dean E. Fischer (1936–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"(Robert) John Hughes (1930–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Bernard Kalb: From NBC to the State Department". Brookings Institution. October 2, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Charles Edgar Redman (1943–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Margaret Debardeleben Tutwiler (1950–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ ab"Richard A. Boucher". U.S. Department of State. February 21, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"And the good news is...: A conversation with former White House Press Secretaries Dana Perino and Mike McCurry". American Enterprise Institute. April 23, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Nicholas Burns". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Department Spokesman Sean McCormack". U.S. Department of State. July 18, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^"Department Press Briefing - April 27, 2017". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
External linksEdit
Daily Press Briefings at the U.S. State Department
October 10, 2023
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The Spokesperson for the United States Department of State is a U S government official whose primary responsibility is to serve as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and the U S government s foreign policies The position is located in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs 1 Spokesperson for the United States Department of StateSeal of the United States Department of StateIncumbentMatthew Millersince April 24 2023AppointerThe Secretary of StateWebsiteOfficial websiteHistorically the State Department Spokesperson and the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs were synonymous names for the same role However this has not been the case since Philip J Crowley s tenure ended in 2011 2 Since 2011 the Assistant Secretary and the State Department Spokesperson have been two separate roles held by different people 3 In late 2015 the two roles were once again merged with the appointment of Spokesperson John Kirby as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 4 Contents 1 Responsibilities 2 List of State Department spokespeople 3 References 4 External linksResponsibilities EditThe State Department spokesperson is responsible for communicating the foreign policy of the United States to American and foreign media typically in a daily press briefing The daily press briefing typically includes a summary of the secretary of state s schedule any upcoming trips by the secretary the president of the United States or other distinguished State Department officials including under secretaries and assistant secretaries and official reactions and positions of the U S government on certain news of the day followed by Q amp A with journalists attending the briefing A tradition that began during the tenure of John Foster Dulles as secretary of state in the 1950s 5 the daily press briefing is on the record and is recorded and made available on the State Department s website The State Department spokesperson will also often accompany the secretary of state on travel to assist with press conferences List of State Department spokespeople EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items November 2015 Tenure Spokesperson President Secretary of State1927 1945 Michael J McDermott 6 Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D Roosevelt Harry S Truman Frank B Kellogg Henry L Stimson Cordell Hull Edward Stettinius Jr 1945 1948 Roger Tubby 7 Harry S Truman James F Byrnes George C Marshall1955 1963 Lincoln White 8 Dwight D Eisenhower John F Kennedy John Foster Dulles Christian Herter Dean Rusk1964 1973 Robert J McCloskey 9 Lyndon B Johnson Richard Nixon Dean Rusk William P Rogers1966 1970 Carl E Bartch 10 1974 1976 Robert Anderson 11 Gerald Ford Henry Kissinger1977 1980 Hodding Carter III 12 Jimmy Carter Cyrus Vance1980 1981 William J Dyess 13 Edmund Muskie1981 1982 Dean E Fischer 14 Ronald Reagan Alexander Haig1982 1985 Robert John Hughes 15 George P Shultz1985 1986 Bernard Kalb 16 1986 1989 Charles Edgar Redman 17 1989 1992 Margaret D Tutwiler 18 George H W Bush James Baker1992 1993 Richard Boucher 19 Lawrence Eagleburger1993 1995 Mike McCurry 20 Bill Clinton Warren Christopher1995 1997 R Nicholas Burns 21 1997 2000 James Rubin 22 Madeleine Albright2001 2005 Richard Boucher 19 George W Bush Colin Powell2005 2009 Sean McCormack 23 Condoleezza Rice2009 2010 Ian C Kelly Barack Obama Hillary Clinton2010 2011 Philip J Crowley2011 2013 Victoria Nuland2013 2015 Jen Psaki John Kerry2015 Marie Harf2015 2017 John Kirby2017 Mark Toner Donald Trump Rex Tillerson2017 2019 Heather Nauert 24 Rex Tillerson Mike Pompeo2019 2021 Morgan Ortagus Mike Pompeo2021 2023 Ned Price Joe Biden Antony Blinken2023 present Matthew MillerReferences Edit Bureau of Public Affairs Senior Official Biographies U S Department of State October 2015 Retrieved November 20 2015 Victoria Nuland to be State Department spokesman Foreign Policy May 16 2011 Retrieved November 20 2015 Biographies for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Senior Officials August 10 2015 Retrieved November 20 2015 John Kirby U S Department of State December 11 2015 Retrieved March 10 2016 In first month of Trump presidency State Department has been sidelined Washington Post February 22 2017 Retrieved February 25 2017 Gleijeses Piero 1991 Shattered Hope The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States 1944 1954 Princeton University Press Neal Steve 2003 HST Memories of the Truman Years Southern Illinois University Press Lincoln White is Dead at 77 U S Spokesman in Cold War The New York Times April 28 1983 Retrieved November 28 2015 Robert J McCloskey State Dept Spokesman Dies at 74 The New York Times November 30 1996 Retrieved November 21 2015 Carl E Bartch Dies at 78 Washington Post October 2 1989 Retrieved November 21 2015 Robert Anderson Papers Gerald R Ford Presidential Library Retrieved November 21 2015 William Hodding Carter III 1935 U S Department of State Office of the Historian Retrieved November 21 2015 William Jennings Dyess 1929 1966 U S Department of State Office of the Historian Retrieved November 21 2015 Dean E Fischer 1936 U S Department of State Office of the Historian Retrieved November 21 2015 Robert John Hughes 1930 U S Department of State Office of the Historian Retrieved November 21 2015 Bernard Kalb From NBC to the State Department Brookings Institution October 2 2012 Retrieved November 21 2015 Charles Edgar Redman 1943 U S Department of State Office of the Historian Retrieved November 21 2015 Margaret Debardeleben Tutwiler 1950 U S Department of State Office of the Historian Retrieved November 21 2015 a b Richard A Boucher U S Department of State February 21 2006 Retrieved November 21 2015 And the good news is A conversation with former White House Press Secretaries Dana Perino and Mike McCurry American Enterprise Institute April 23 2015 Retrieved November 21 2015 Nicholas Burns U S Department of State Retrieved November 21 2015 James Rubin Washington Speakers Bureau Retrieved November 21 2015 Department Spokesman Sean McCormack U S Department of State July 18 2005 Retrieved November 21 2015 Department Press Briefing April 27 2017 U S Department of State Retrieved July 15 2017 External links EditDaily Press Briefings at the U S State Department Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spokesperson for the United States Department of State amp oldid 1167723909, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
