On June 4, 2009 the FBI arrested former Department of State employee Walter Kendall Myers on charges of serving as an illegal agent of the Cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government.

The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens of the health risks of travel to Mexico at this time due to an outbreak of H1N1 “swine flu.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an April 27 notice recommending that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico at this time.

The U.S. State Department has reinstated seven Fulbright scholarship grants for Palestinian students in Gaza. The grants allow the students to travel to the United States to study.

The House passed a resolution condemning the State Department for its refusal to divulge public details on Iraqi corruption in a new showdown with the Bush administration over the war and its classification policies.

Joint Departments of State and Homeland Security Announcement: U.S. Citizens with Pending Passport Applications Allowed Temporary Travel Flexibility Within Western Hemisphere

"The U.S. State Department admits that the interpretation was wrong", Foreign Minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanian announced today. This refers to the department's annual report according to which Armenia has occupied Karabakh and the adjacent territories.