Under Secretary Home Under Secretary Home About Us Remarks and Releases HomeBureaus & Offices...Under Secretary Home hide Under Secretary for Political Affairs Our Mission The Under Secretary for Political Affairs serves as the day-to-day manager of overall regional and bilateral policy issues, and oversees the bureaus for Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South and Central Asia, the Western Hemisphere, and International Organizations. Acting Deputy Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Victoria Nuland Bureaus Bureau of African Affairs Bureau of Counterterrorism Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau of International Organization Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs