Who Controls the State Department?

U.S. State Department:

http://www.state.gov/aboutstate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State

Hillary Rodham Clinton(White European) – Secretary of State

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/115321.htm



James B. Steinberg(Ashkenazi Jew) – Deputy Secretary of State

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/119494.htm



Thomas R. Nides(Ashkenazi Jew) – Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/153829.htm



Under Secretaries:

Ellen Tauscher(Jewish spouse: William Y. Tauscher) – Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125660.htm





Maria Otero(Mestizo) – Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/127184.htm



Robert D. Hormats(Ashkenazi Jew) – Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/129529.htm



Patrick F. Kennedy(Jewish spouse: Mary E. Swope) – Under Secretary for Management

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/95199.htm



William J. Burns(Ashkenazi Jew) – Under Secretary for Political Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/105574.htm



Judith A. McHale(White European) – Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/124007.htm



Assistant Secretaries and Other Senior Officials:

Johnnie Carson(Negro) – Assistant Secretary for African Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/123210.htm



Kurt Tong(Chinese/White European) – Economic Coordinator for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/29299.htm



Susan Swart(Ashkenazi Jew) – Chief Information Officer

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/100237.htm



Capricia Penavic Marshall(Jewish spouse: Robert Marshall) – Chief of Protocol

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/128208.htm



Janice L. Jacobs(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/105826.htm



Cheryl D. Mills(Negro) – Counselor and Chief of Staff

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/122034.htm



Daniel Benjamin(Ashkenazi Jew) – Coordinator for Counterterrorism

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/124422.htm



Michael H. Posner(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/27700.htm



Eric J. Boswell(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/106593.htm



Kurt M. Campbell(Jewish spouse: Lael Brainard) – Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125594.htm





Declan Kelly(White European) – Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/136769.htm



Jose W. Fernandez(Mestizo) – Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/132818.htm



Ann Stock(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Education and Cultural Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/145328.htm



Philip H. Gordon(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/123518.htm



Stephen Mull(Ashkenazi Jew) – Executive Secretary

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/145077.htm



Ruth A. Whiteside(White European) – Director, Foreign Service Institute

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/69440.htm



Melanne S. Verveer(Jewish spouse: Philip L. Verveer) – Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/122075.htm





Nancy J. Powell(White European) – Director General, Foreign Service

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/127061.htm



Alec Ross(Ashkenazi Jew) – Senior Adviser for Innovation

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/130142.htm



Harold W. Geisel(Ashkenazi Jew) – Acting Inspector General

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/106096.htm



Philip S. Goldberg(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/136919.htm



David L. Goldwyn(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/128091.htm



Dawn L. McCall(White European) – Coordinator for International Information Programs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/6665.htm



William R. Brownfield(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/154184.htm



Esther D. Brimmer(Jewish spouse: Steven Beller) – Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/121033.htm





Harold Hongju Koh(Korean) – Legal Adviser

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/143262.htm



Richard R. Verma(Indian) – Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/121680.htm



Marguerite Coffey(White European) – Director, Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/149925.htm



Thomas W. Yun(Chinese) – Director, Office of Medical Services

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/126177.htm



Jeffrey D. Feltman(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/120440.htm



Kerri-Ann Jones(White European) – Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/130147.htm



Luis C. deBaca(Mestizo) – Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/124083.htm



Adam E. Namm(Ashkenazi Jew) – Acting Director, Overseas Buildings Operations

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/131301.htm



Anne-Marie Slaughter(White European) – Director, Policy Planning

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/129693.htm



Andrew J. Shapiro(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125231.htm



Michael Hammer(Ashkenazi Jew) – Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/158339.htm



Robert O. Blake(Ashkenazi Jew) – Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/124322.htm



Eric Goosby(Mulatto) – U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125483.htm



Rose Gottemoeller(White European) – Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/121630.htm



Clint Williamson(White European) – Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/75505.htm



Arturo A. Valenzuela(Mestizo) – Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/131802.htm



Special Envoys and Special Representatives:

Bonnie D. Jenkins(Negro) – Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/126045.htm



Thomas C. Adams(White European) – Special Coordinator for Haiti

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/148445.htm



Judith E. Heumann(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Advisor for International Disability Rights

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/144458.htm



Robert J. Einhorn(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/132146.htm



Elizabeth F. Bagley(White European) – Special Advisor for Secretary Initiatives

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/150835.htm



Todd D. Stern(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy for Climate Change

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/122554.htm



Victoria Nuland(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/136482.htm



Richard L. Morningstar(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/126026.htm



Daniel Fried(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy for Guantanamo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Fried



Douglas Davidson(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/140904.htm



George J. Mitchell(Lebanese) – Special Envoy for Middle East Peace

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125045.htm



Robert R. King(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/44039.htm



Sung Kim(Korean) – Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/111575.htm



Hannah Rosenthal(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/133357.htm



J. Scott Gration(White European) – Special Envoy to Sudan

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/122561.htm



Rashad Hussain(Arab) – Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/140123.htm



Marc Grossman(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/157779.htm



Reta Jo Lewis(Negro) – Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/139472.htm



Kris M. Balderston(White European) – Special Representative for Global Partnerships

http://www.state.gov/s/partnerships/release/152201.htm



Barbara Shailor(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Representative for International Labor Affairs

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/145697.htm



Stephen W. Bosworth(White European) – Special Representative for North Korea Policy

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/120809.htm



Susan F. Burk(Ashkenazi Jew) – Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125818.htm



Farah Anwar Pandith(Indian) – Special Representative to Muslim Communities

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/125492.htm



Laura Kennedy(White European) – Special Representative for Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Issues

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/155107.htm



Summary:

Of the seventy-four(74) U.S. State Department senior officials, forty(40) are Jews or have Jewish spouses. This is a numerical representation of 54%. Jews are approximately 2% of the U.S. population.* Therefore Jews are over-represented among the U.S. State Department senior officials by a factor of 27 times(2,700 percent).

* Jewish Population of the United States by State:

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/usjewpop.html