Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

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The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is a position within the U.S. Department of State that is intended to help ensure that public diplomacy is practiced in combination with public affairs and traditional diplomacy to advance U.S. interests and security. The Under Secretary oversees three bureaus at the Department of State: Educational and Cultural Affairs, Public Affairs, and International Information Programs. Also reporting to the Under Secretary are the Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

The position was created on October 1, 1999, after legislation the year before had abolished the United States Information Agency and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, during the Clinton administration. The current Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is Karen Hughes.

[edit] List of Under Secretaries of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
Evelyn Lieberman	October 1, 1999-January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton
Charlotte Beers	October 2, 2001–March 28, 2003	George W. Bush
Margaret D. Tutwiler	December 16, 2003–June 30, 2004	George W. Bush
Karen Hughes	9 September 2005–present	George W. Bush

[edit] External links

• Website of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
• Publicdiplomacy.org
• Margaret D. Tutweiler leaves the Department of State for the New York Stock Exchange
• The Office of the Historian's list of former Under Secretaries

Senior Officials in the United States Department of State
Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State Under Secretaries: Political Affairs • Management • Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs • Arms Control and International Security • Democracy and Global Affairs • Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Counselor of the United States Department of State