Secretary of State and Salary: Antony Blinken $221,400 per year
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request: $58.5 Billion
State Department Staffing: over 13,000 foreign service staff, over 11,000 civil service employees, over 45,000 locally employed staff
Mission: The mission of the Department of State is to represent America’s foreign policy abroad, and to advance the interests and security of the American people.
The Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance by advancing the interests of the American people, their safety and economic prosperity.
Creation: July 27, 1789 as the Department of Foreign Affairs
Historical Facts: September 26, 1789 - Thomas Jefferson becomes first Secretary of State
December 4, 1821 - The United States acquired its first foreign property as a gift from Sultan Moulay Suleiman of Morocco in Tangiers
July 1, 1862 - The internal revenue act charged a fee for the first time to acquire a passport
January 1, 1866 Secretary of State William ...
Thomas Aquinas is credited as one of the greatest proponents of natural law. During his time in Cologne he was taught by Albertus Magnus. Magnus used the teachings of Aristotle in his mentorship of Thomas Aquinas.
Samuel Adams believed in American Independence from Great Britain. He is one of the most well know Son's of Liberty. On August 1, 1776 he gave a speech to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
“It is indeed marvelous what benefits Vladimir conferred upon the Russian land by its conversion. But we, Christians though we are supposed to be, do not honor him as this benefaction deserves. For if he had not converted us, we should now be a prey to the devil’s crafts, as were our perished ancestors.”
The Russian Chronicler
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Thursday 2:00AM.
The streets were nearly empty as the night’s freeze started to really settle in. The season was changing as fall was quickly ceding to winter. The temperature had plunged well below freezing and no self respecting person would be walking the streets at an hour like this.
However there were still places where entertainment could be found. Those few souls who happened to be roaming streets were most likely stumbling toward home after a night of drinking and dancing at places like the Neon Bar or the Fish Fabrique, where the techno beats would shatter the silence of the night as patrons exited. For ordinary people this was the top of the line. The most exclusive and exotic night of entertainment required an invitation to the Octyaberskya Enbankment.
Up to 125 invitations would be sent out on a given night and there were another 25 regulars who required no invitation. Once you reached this stratosphere the evenings entertainment was complimentary. The building had no name and those who had been inside simply referred ...
