United States Secretary Of State

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The United States Secretary of State is responsible for foreign affairs and is the highest-ranking cabinet member in the US government. Noted office-holders have included Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, William H. Seward, William Jennings Bryan, Cordell Hull, John Foster Dulles, Dean Rusk, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice.