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Welcome to the Department of State's online interactive forum. This forum allows you to interact with the Secretary of State during special events, as well as with U.S. Ambassadors and other State Department officials around the world. When a chat is announced, questions submitted online will be answered by the Secretary of State, State Department officials, and Ambassadors as appropriate, and will be posted to the website so that others may also benefit from the discussion.

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