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State Department Establishes Bureau of Counterterrorism

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Friday, January 6th, 2012

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The State Department recently set up the Bureau of Counterterrorism, absorbing the responsibilities of the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, in line with a recommendation of the department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Daniel Benjamin, coordinator, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, said at the press briefing recently that the mission of the new bureau will be "to lead the Department in the U.S. government's effort to counter terrorism abroad and to secure the United States against foreign terrorist…

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