Following this weeks election outcome Antony Blinken has picked Stephen Mull as the State Departments transition coordinator‚ a step towards managing power-shift to the Donald Trump administration
The announcement came on 11/07/24 when spokesperson Matthew Miller shared details with news-media (though no direct contact between current officials and incoming team has started yet). The State dept continues its day-to-day operations focusing on world-wide issues
Blinken aims to use his last months in office to push forward several key matters: dealing with US-China relations; supporting Ukraines defense efforts; and working on peace in the middle-east including the Lebanon-Gaza situation. The departments leadership wants to ensure smooth hand-over of these critical foreign-policy tasks to the next administration