Foreign Service

nouns

the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world
is a part of
the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
"the Department of State was created in 1789"
is a type of (narrower)
an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"