The Secretary of State travels to all corners of the world to do his job. His duties include acting as the President’s representative at all international forums, negotiating treaties and other international agreements, and conducting everyday, face-to-face diplomacy.
![U.S. Secretary of State prepares to depart Beirut en route to Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/46726865014_677196a6af_o-2560x852.jpg)
Travels With the Secretary of State
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in New Delhi on July 27, 2021. Secretary Blinken is greeted by Charge d'Affaires Atul Keshap, Deputy Chief of Protocol Sarvjeet Soodan, and Indian Ministry of External Affairs Americas Joint Secretary Vani Rao. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blinken_arrival_india.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in New Delhi on July 27, 2021. Secretary Blinken is greeted by Charge d'Affaires Atul Keshap, Deputy Chief of Protocol Sarvjeet Soodan, and Indian Ministry of External Affairs Americas Joint Secretary Vani Rao. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blinken_arrival_india-1024x683.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, in Berlin, Germany, on June 23, 2021. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/blinken_german_maas-1024x683.jpg)
![G7 foreign ministers wear face masks and are socially distanced for a group photo, with front row from left, European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, middle row left to right, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau, back row from left, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, on the stairs at Lancaster House in London ahead of bilateral talks at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in London, Tuesday May 4, 2021. [AP image]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/g7.jpg){kind=small}
