page_title: United States Assistant Secretary of State
section_title: Reporting to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
hierarchical_section_title: United States Assistant Secretary of State / Current assistant secretaries of state / Reporting to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Yleem D.S. Poblete, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
context_page_description: Assistant Secretary of State is a title used for many executive positions in the United States Department of State, ranking below the under secretaries. A set of six assistant secretaries reporting to the under secretary for political affairs manage diplomatic missions within their designated geographic regions, plus one assistant secretary dealing with international organizations. Assistant secretaries usually manage individual bureaus of the Department of State. When the manager of a bureau or another agency holds a title other than assistant secretary, such as "director," it can be said to be of "assistant secretary equivalent rank." Assistant secretaries typically have a set of deputies, referred to as deputy assistant secretaries.
context_section_description: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
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  Yleem Poblete
  April 30, 2018
  Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
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  Christopher Ashley Ford
  January 9, 2018
  Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
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  R. Clarke Cooper
  May 2, 2019
caption: Yleem Poblete
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