The Secretary of State is the US official that has control of foreign operations. This US official consults the regional commanders.
Under Foreign Operations the United States official that has control is
the keyboard symbols and operations of them
The US Secretary of State and the rest of the US Foreign Service (diplomat core) are public officials directly running and organizing US foreign policy.
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Franklin Pierce
There are two possibilities here: the US Anbassador assigned to that country and the US Secretary of State.
noncombatant evacuation operations
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Arms control
To control "Black Market" operations. US "Cash" is "King". It will buy almost anything; almost anywhere, to include foreign countries involved with wars.
The United States did adopt the foreign policy US pivot to Asia so that they could control countries in the greater Middle East.