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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
The U.S. Department of State has announced plans to create a Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies to enhance its security and help it deal with international cybersecurity issues. But it remains to be seen if those plans will be carried out by the incoming Biden administration, which has announced other cybersecurity steps.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday that he has directed the State Department to create the bureau. The unit was originally proposed in 2018 to lead U.S. government diplomatic efforts on a wide range of international cybersecurity and emerging technology policy issues.
budget, sequestration, and i don t need to dwell on the good news now. we need to figure it out. you have been doing that. we need to deal with this reality. we have ahead of us a lot of challenges. they are going to define much of who we are. not this institution only but our country. what kind of a world our children are going to inherit. that is the big challenge we have. that is the bigger picture of the objective for all of us. yes it s difficult. but it s also pretty special. when you think about generations, in how many generations have had an opportunity to be part of something great. as difficult as this is with everything, challenges coming at us, different kinds of challenges, cyber issues, you