Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism

Bureau of Counterterrorism
Seal of the United States Department of State
Bureau overview
Preceding bureau
  • Office for Combating Terrorism
JurisdictionExecutive branch of the United States
EmployeesApprox. 120 (As of 2012)[1]
Annual budget$288.5 million (FY 2011)[1]
Bureau executive
Parent departmentU.S. Department of State
WebsiteOfficial website

The Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism (CT) is a bureau of the United States Department of State. It coordinates all U.S. government efforts to improve counterterrorism cooperation with foreign governments and participates in the development, coordination, and implementation of American counterterrorism policy.

In June 2007, Ambassador-at-Large Dell Dailey was appointed to be the coordinator for Counterterrorism. Under Secretary Hillary Clinton, the coordinator for counterterrorism from 2009 to 2012 was Ambassador-at-Large Daniel Benjamin. He was followed by Tina S. Kaidanow, from 2014 to 2016.[2] The coordinator and special envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant between 2020 and 2021 was Nathan Sales.

Originally the Office for Combating Terrorism and later the Bureau of Counterterrorism, the bureau's name was expanded in 2016 to include countering violent extremism in its mandate.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Inspection of the Bureau of Counterterrorism" (PDF). Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State. June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Tina S. Kaidanow". U.S. Department of State. February 18, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Hudson, John (February 1, 2016). "Growth of Islamic State Forces State Department Overhaul". Foreign Policy. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  4. ^ McKenzie, Robert (October 18, 2016). "Countering violent extremism in America: Policy recommendations for the next president". Brookings Institution. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  5. ^ "Bureau of Counterterrorism to Add Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to Its Mandate". Diplopundit. February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.