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The Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) is a nonpartisan umbrella group of 11 organizations concerned about the processes of diplomacy and the leadership and management of the people of the Foreign Service and State Department. We do not address foreign policy issues but are dedicated to the most effective possible management of the nation’s foreign policy business.

Our objective is to focus Secretaries of State on management issues by analyzing achievements as well as problems in this dimension of their responsibilities. We hope to make the Foreign Service and State Department more effective institutions by this process of highlighting challenges, suggesting solutions, and putting the human and financial resources of our member organizations at the disposal of Secretaries of State in pursuing such solutions.