NOUN
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the position of the head of the State Department
the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789 -
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State
the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson
How To Use Secretary of State In A Sentence
- Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is on the lineup, as is outgoing Pentagon undersecretary for policy Eric Edelman and proliferation official Bob Joseph (he of the Sixteen Words). We Look To The Horizon | ATTACKERMAN
- I wrote to the Secretary of State, but he has not even begun to justify the Government's action.
- Is the Secretary of State required by law to adopt the judicial view of the tariff?
- Hilary Clinton's status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine the traditional trump card of a secretary of state.
- The Secretary of State mentioned in his statement the disappointment that others might feel.
- At present, the Secretary of State grants asylum to all such claimants.
- The Organization of American States suspended Honduras and has continued to resist efforts of Secretary of State Clinton to pressure them into readmitting Honduras. Bill Quigley: One Year Later: Honduras Resistance Strong Despite US Supported Coup
- Additionally, the secretary of state may promulgate regulations interpreting ambiguous provisions of the act.
- She points to the Oscar Party Legs, the ones a drunken Jack Nicholson tried to violate after he won for Cuckoo's Nest, and the understated Nonprofit Fundraiser Legs she wore to Jerry Lewis Telethons, and the fake-tanned State Dinner with Reagan and Gorbachev Legs that the Secretary of State made her cover up with a long hemline, because their shade matched Gorbachev's birthmark. Centipede
- She became Secretary of State for Education after spending three years as Environment Secretary.
