U.S. Department of State Fiscal Year 2020 Agency Financial Report

I am pleased to present the Department of State’s Agency Financial Report (AFR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. At the core of the AFR is trust. Continuing to earn the trust of the American people will aid the Department in advancing our country’s long-term interests at a time of complex threats and important opportunities. To that end, this report illustrates our determination to spend and invest American taxpayer funds carefully and effectively. The State Department continues to focus its efforts on four key national priorities as outlined in the Department’s Joint Strategic Plan. ■ Protecting America’s Security at Home and Abroad ■ Renewing America’s Competitive Advantage for Sustained Economic Growth and Job Creation ■ Promoting American Leadership through Balanced Engagement ■ Ensuring Effectiveness and Accountability to the American Taxpayer Protecting America’s Security at Home and Abroad. Protecting Americans at home and abroad remains this Administration’s highest priority. We continue to find guidance in principles of our nation’s founders: realism, restraint, and respect. In the Middle East, the Trump Administration has mitigated threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran to the American people by restoring credible deterrence and strengthening ties with our Gulf allies and partners. And we continue to counter radical Islamist terrorism in all of its forms, including the threat of ISIS and other non-state actors. The Trump Administration Message from the Secretary 4 | U ni ted S tates D epartment of S tate 2020 A gency F inanci al R eport MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY Secretary Pompeo participates in a virtual town hall with overseas staff, a new norm for conducting business, April 9, 2020. Department of State