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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Bureau of Counterterrorism
| type            = bureau
| seal            = U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
| seal_width      = 120px
| seal_caption    = Seal of the United States Department of State
| formed          = 
| preceding1      = Office for Combating Terrorism
| preceding2      = 
| jurisdiction    = [[Executive branch of the United States]]
| employees       = Approx. 120 ({{as of|2012}})<ref name="OIG">{{cite web|title=Inspection of the Bureau of Counterterrorism|url=https://oig.state.gov/system/files/194694.pdf|publisher=[[Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State]]|date=June 2012|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222222952/https://oig.state.gov/system/files/194694.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| budget          = $288.5 million (FY 2011)<ref name="OIG"/>
| chief1_name     = [[Elizabeth H. Richard]]
| chief1_position = [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]] 
| chief2_name     = 
| chief2_position = 
| parent_department = [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]]
| website         = [https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-counterterrorism-and-countering-violent-extremism/ Official website]
}}
The '''Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism''' ('''CT''') is a bureau of the [[United States Department of State]]. It coordinates all [[U.S. Government|U.S. government]] efforts to improve [[counterterrorism]] cooperation with foreign governments and participates in the development, coordination, and implementation of [[United States|American]] counterterrorism policy.

In June 2007, Ambassador-at-Large [[Dell L. Dailey|Dell Dailey]] was appointed to be the [[coordinator for Counterterrorism]]. Under Secretary [[Hillary Clinton]], the coordinator for counterterrorism from 2009 to 2012 was Ambassador-at-Large [[Daniel Benjamin]]. He was followed by [[Tina S. Kaidanow]], from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tina S. Kaidanow|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/80149.htm|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|date=February 18, 2014|access-date=November 18, 2015}}</ref> The coordinator and special envoy for the [[Operation Inherent Resolve|Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] between 2020 and 2021 was [[Nathan Sales]].

Originally the Office for Combating Terrorism and later the Bureau of Counterterrorism, the bureau's name was expanded in 2016 to include [[countering violent extremism]] in its mandate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Growth of Islamic State Forces State Department Overhaul|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/01/growth-of-islamic-state-forces-state-department-overhaul|work=[[Foreign Policy]]|last=Hudson|first=John|date=February 1, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Countering violent extremism in America: Policy recommendations for the next president|url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/countering-violent-extremism-in-america-policy-recommendations-for-the-next-president/|publisher=[[Brookings Institution]]|last=McKenzie|first=Robert|date=October 18, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bureau of Counterterrorism to Add Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to Its Mandate|url=https://diplopundit.net/2016/02/02/bureau-of-counterterrorism-to-add-countering-violent-extremism-cve-to-its-mandate/|publisher=Diplopundit|date=February 2, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>