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Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

The Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Jacob J. Lew, serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Department and as alter ego to the Secretary. He also serves as principal adviser to the Secretary on over-all supervision and direction of resource allocation and management activities of the Department. The Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources assists in carrying out the Secretary's authority and responsibility for the overall direction, coordination and supervision of operational programs of the State Department, including foreign aid and civilian response programs.

In addition, the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources advises the Secretary on the Department's participation in the National Economic Council (NEC) and interagency economic policy matters.  He also assists the Secretary in representing the United States at international meetings, in performing other representational assignments, and in presenting the Department's position before Congress.

The Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources also provides final recommendations to the Secretary on senior personnel appointments.

 

Progress in Civilian Hiring in Afghanistan
Date: 10/26/2009 Description: Deputy Secretary Lew holds a Special Press Briefing on the Progress Made in Civilian Hiring in Afghanistan, in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State. © State Dept Image from video Deputy Secretary Lew (Oct. 26): "Since March, following the President’s strategic review, our assistance strategy has really concentrated on the main goals of the Riedel report – improving Afghan governance, providing security, justice, jobs and services, and giving the Afghan people a meaningful alternative as much as possible to the Taliban’s recruiting.... The key to our strategy is to get the right people in the right place at the right time. And I’m really proud of the top-quality people that we are enlisting to move to Afghanistan...lawyers, agronomists, diplomats, development specialists, and others." Full Text

South Asia Trip
Deputy Secretary Lew (Sept. 11): "You leave with a great sense of that there’s much work to be done. Standing here on September 11th, having this conversation, really focuses the mind on why we’re there in the first place. We’re there because there is a risk to the United States. When you go there, you realize that the challenge of implementing the program is one that our people on the ground have a real passion to do right, and a sense of urgency of mission." Full Text

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