Sentences with phrase «u.s. cabinet secretaries»

The 32 hand - picked signatories comprise a virtual «who's who» of leading climate economists and other «wise men» (and women) including four Nobel laureates, three former U.S. cabinet secretaries, and prominent academics from Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and the University of Chicago.

There are heads of state, foreign ministers, U.S. cabinet secretaries and CEOs from airlines, hotels, and cruise lines all in one room.

Not exact matches

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that Japan's steel and aluminum shipments did not pose a threat to U.S. national security and that they contributed greatly to employment and industry in the United States.

As the front - runner for U.S. secretary of state, Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson would bring a global business savvy seldom seen in a Cabinet member, let alone the country's top diplomat.

With a new U.S. president around the corner, there is talk that her next step could be into a cabinet position — Secretary of Commerce?

President - elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.

Our view: Full Senate should approve Mike Pompeo as secretary of state despite his hawkish outlook After more than two centuries, the list of cabinet nominees to be either rejected by the U.S. Senate or withdrawn from nomination is on the order of once...

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was considered a controversial addition to President Donald Trump's cabinet, and if her recent comments are any indication, people are right to be upset with her being in her position right now.

Outside of the 15 federal judges impeached by the House, two Presidents (Andrew Johnson in 1868 and William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton in 1998), a cabinet secretary (William Belknap in 1876), and a U.S. Senator (William Blount of North Carolina in 1797) have also been impeached.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary has expressed concern that the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel could escalate tensions in the Middle East.

Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a U.S. cabinet post when she served as secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

Yukio Edano, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, said that the U.S.'s «more conservative decision» to move U.S. residents farther away from the plant is «understandable,» CNN reported.

Connie Chung — television reporter Ann Curry — news anchor woman, Today Show S. I. Hayakawa (1906 - 1992)-- U.S. senator, college president Dr. Feng Shan Ho — saved thousands of Austrian Jews during the Holocaust David Henry Hwang — playwright, M Butterfly Colonel Young Oak Kim — first Asian American to command a battalion in combat Ang Lee — movie director: Hulk; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973)-- movie star and martial artist Gary Locke — governor, state of Washington Norman Y. Mineta — first Asian - American member of U.S. president's cabinet Patsy Mink — Congresswoman, Hawaii Ralph Nader — consumer advocate, presidential candidate Yoko Ono — artist, musician; was married to Beatle John Lennon Dalip Singh Saund — first Asian elected to Congress (1956) Donna E. Shalala — secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services John Sununu — congressman, New Hampshire Amy Tan — author, Joy Luck Club Tiger Woods — golfer Kristi Yamaguchi — Olympic figure skater Jerry Yang — co-founder of Yahoo! Laurence Yep — author, young adult fiction (Dragonwings, Rainbow People)

When U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings leaves office along with her Cabinet colleagues, President George W. Bush surely will heap praise upon his good friend and adviser who oversaw his prized domestic accomplishment: the No Child Left Behind Act.

Several members of the Council of Chief State School Officers, who met here at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell, vented much of their anger and frustration on their host, who they claimed has been remiss in his responsibility to promote public education as a member of the Cabinet...

State Superintendent Tony Evers on Monday called for the new U.S. secretary of education to use her bully pulpit in the Trump administration's Cabinet to advocate for all schools, not just the charter and voucher schools she has championed.

His subjects have included an impressive list of government officials, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York Governor Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, New York Mayor David Dinkins, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, congressman, and cabinet secretaries, among them.

In 2011, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke increased actions to be taken by members of the Cabinet, Federal departments and agencies, and U.S. delegations by again certifying Iceland for diminishing the effectiveness of the IWC.

Activists will supposedly converge on U.S. Senate offices and demand that their senators «reject Donald Trump's reckless climate - denying cabinet nominees» particularly secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, and Energy secretary pick Rick Perry (if you're not sure what a denier is, I just wrote about it here for The Hill).

To ensure that this issue continues to receive the highest level of attention, I direct: (1) relevant U.S. delegations attending meetings with Icelandic officials and senior Administration officials visiting Iceland to raise U.S. concerns regarding commercial whaling by Icelandic companies and seek ways to halt such action; (2) Cabinet secretaries to evaluate the appropriateness of visits to Iceland depending on continuation of the current suspension of fin whaling; (3) the Department of State to examine Arctic cooperation projects, and where appropriate, link U.S. cooperation to the Icelandic government changing its whaling policy and abiding by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (4) the Departments of Commerce and State to consult with other international actors on efforts to end Icelandic commercial whaling and have Iceland abide by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (5) the Department of State to inform the Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling by Iceland.