Sentences with phrase «as secretary of state»

He was known for his repeated warnings on finance before the 2008 crash and later joined the coalition government as secretary of state for business, innovation and skills.

This comes as the Democratic presidential nominee has faced many questions over the foundation's donors — including their access to her when she served as secretary of State.

The panel is on track to hold three hearings in five days on issues related to the candidate's email practices during her time as secretary of State.

Her campaign said she was attending to official state business as part of her job as secretary of state.

So she proudly stepped up to serve our country once again as secretary of state, traveling the globe to keep our kids safe.

And, therein may lie the key to understanding how he will perform as secretary of state.

I have a list of things I personally disliked about Gove» s tenure as Secretary of State for Education — this is probably the one that angers me most.

The White House is readying a plan to push out former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State in the coming weeks, multiple outlets reported Thursday.

The former postman, who served as secretary of state in several different departments in government, was defeated by Harriet Harman in the race for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party in 2007 and failed to topple and replace Gordon Brown between 2007 and the election in May 2010.

This marks only a slight shift from late December 2012 after President Obama nominated him to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of State when Kerry earned favorables of 47 % and unfavorable of 42 %.

Young then served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1994 to 1995, and in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997.

Livingston is home to about 3,500 residents and was named after Edward Livingston, who served as Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson.

The wages of Clinton's summer - long struggle to explain her use of a private email server as Secretary of State now reflect starkly in her popular standing: A new ABC / Washington Post survey shows she is one point away from the lowest popularity marks of her career, which came during her last presidential run back in 2008.

The Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as secretary of state Thursday despite lingering objections from Democrats who have questioned his record of hawkish policy positions and past controversial statements about minority groups.

Elliott — who served as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's national deputy campaign manager in 2008 — sought to broker multiple meetings between senior State Department officials and TransCanada executives.

Pompeo is being considered by the U.S. Senate for confirmation as secretary of state.

David Mundell receives his first official papers following his appointment as Secretary of State for Scotland

Tennant is in her second term as secretary of state.

NEW YORK (CNN)- Caroline Kennedy has called New York Gov. David Paterson to ask about the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she is confirmed as secretary of state in the new Barack Obama administration, Democratic sources tell CNN.

A federal judge ruled that State Department officials and top aides to Hillary Clinton should be questioned under oath about whether they intentionally thwarted federal open records laws by using or allowing the use of a private email server throughout her tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

HUD officials said the department's senior leadership had little appetite for a confrontation over race with the county, which is home to prominent Democrats such as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cesar Perales said, «I thank the Governor for extending to me the privilege of serving as Secretary of State of New York.

He spent five years as shadow development secretary followed by more than two years as Secretary of State until the Prime Minister decided he wanted Mitchell permanently in Westminster as his Chief Whip.

She was nevertheless promoted by Gordon Brown to her first proper Cabinet role as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (having previously been «Labour Party Chair»).

She was tipped for a full cabinet post in this latest reshuffle and on Tuesday was given the senior cabinet post as secretary of state for education, while continuing her role as minister for women.

After serving in junior roles in the post-1997 Labour government, he was appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland in 2008, where he led a Scottish business mission to Shanghai and played a key role in organising the Scotland leg of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom.

He has been replaced as secretary of state just as President Trump prepares to meet Kim Jong - un.

Sure, he was a bit of a Bible - thumper, but he also supported women's suffrage, advocated for the rights of laborers and farmers, and so passionately opposed U.S. involvement in World War I that he resigned as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson.

The letter, which said the FBI had «learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation» into the private email server that Clinton used as secretary of state, upended the news cycle and soon halved Clinton's lead in the polls, imperiling her position in the Electoral College.

The announcement from FBI Director James Comey that Clinton would not be recommended for prosecution was coupled with a rebuke of her practice as secretary of state of using multiple private servers that included emails containing classified or top secret information.

The revelation, which originally came via the microblogging site Weibo, came the same day as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered talks with North Korea to de-escalate the crisis, even though President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea as futile.

«In light of Russia's unacceptable actions, NATO is more indispensable than ever,» the former CIA chief told reporters as he wrapped up the first stop on his first overseas trip as secretary of state.

Mike Pompeo won a favorable vote Monday from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after Sen. Rand Paul flipped to endorse him, paving an unexpectedly easy path for the CIA director to win confirmation as secretary of state as soon as this week.

Responding to the departure of Michael Gove MP and the appointment of Nicky Morgan MP as Secretary of State for Education, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has always sought to engage constructively with the Secretary of State for Education and will continue to do so.

Hillary Clinton had just begun her tenure as Secretary of State when Moscow unleashed its meddling machine to win access to her, former President Bill Clinton and members of their inner circle.

[3] In January 1983, Assemblywoman Gail S. Shaffer resigned her seat to take office as Secretary of State of New York.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo won confirmation as secretary of State on Thursday.

Bysiewicz was popular as the secretary of the state where she served for 12 years, and was considered a front - runner for the nomination to run for governor in 2010 but decided instead to run for attorney general.

A Conservative government with Nicky Morgan as secretary of state gives some chance of stability to allow schools to implement changes already in the pipeline In the National...

Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that officials» correspondence be retained as part of the agency's record.

Patricia Hope Hewitt (born 2 December 1948) is an Australian - born British Labour politician, who served in the Cabinet until 2007, most recently as Secretary of State for Health.

Asked about what steps Pompeo would take as secretary of state to hold Russia accountable for its interference in the 2016 US election, he said that more work was to be done on sanctions to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a message.

Woods, who had spoken in public as Exxon CEO only once before making Monday's announcement, took over in January as former CEO Rex Tillerson joined the Trump Administration as Secretary of State.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is being considered by President - elect Donald Trump as Secretary of State, had suggested in a conversation slamming Hillary Clinton about Bill Clinton's affairs that «everybody» commits infidelity.

The battle comes as Secretary of State John Kerry visited the capital city, urging officials to ensure that the nation's upcoming elections will be peaceful and fair.

George W. Bush, meanwhile, appointed evangelical women to top roles in his presidential administration, including Karen Hughes as a top adviser and Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state.

Son of the late Tony Benn, Hilary held ministerial positions as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 until 2007, and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007 until 2010.