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A chief foreign affairs adviser in an officer who works closely with the process in formulating foreign relations policy. He also advises the president on actions to take in dealing with a crisis overseas.
Foreign Policy is how the country will interact with non-state actors.
It is unclear what this question is asking. The US marks a distinct foreign policy trajectory with every major foreign policy choice, so the choice to bomb Islamic State back in 2014 was the the most recent foreign policy established. If the question is asking what is the most recent "named" foreign policy of the United States, it would be the Obama Doctrine, which crystallized more-or-less in 2011.
As a US State its Foreign Policy is dictated by the State Department at the Federal level.
Foreign relations are handled by the US Department of State ("State Department").
The state department carries out foreign policy when there is one that is consistent and realistic by the president. At this time there is no realistic foreign policy.
Foreign Policy is how the country will interact with non-state actors.
U.S. foreign policy is the special responsibility of the Department of State
National Interest of the State
The Secretary of State is his foremost advisor on foreign policy. He also has other advisors. There are other members of the Department of State who advise him, and even members of Congress or other Cabinet secretaries- for example, if another country wants to make a trade treaty with the US, the President will probably get advice from his Secretary of Commerce.
It is important for a state to have foreign policy because it is the tradition in IR that all states should have foreign policy. Also, it is important for a state to have foreign policy because to help direct state's development through economic, social and political interest of the state.
In the United States the State Department and its head, the Secretary of State makes foreign policy under the direction of the US President. At times Senators or other Congress represtatives may express their point of view on foreign policy matters.