Sentences with phrase «given cabinet positions»

Some have been given cabinet positions, others pop up as advisers on issues in their field.

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Interestingly, Radice is more critical of Attlee than some biographers and, while giving him credit for being a wily politician who allowed the cabinet big beasts to flourish, makes clear his view that he also adeptly defended his own position.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, to lead the Office of Management and Budget in a narrow vote this morning, giving the congressman one of the most powerful positions in Trump's Cabinet and the responsibility of reconciling the new administration's conflicting spending priorities.
There are also demands for Iain Duncan Smith to be given a prominent Cabinet position and other right - wingers to be given key ministerial briefs, in a bid to level the playing field with the Lib Dems.
Yet, given the chance to write a warts - and - all - memoir of her time in cabinet, she has instead produced a densely argued book on British Muslims and how they are positioned as the latest «enemy within».
Consequently James Hellyer thinks he shouldn't be given a prominent position in the shadow cabinet.
«The president deserves the chance to succeed and therefore should be given significant deference in choosing Cabinet positions,» Rubio said yesterday before casting his vote.
After Brown assumed power, he created the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), which gives science a more prominent position at the Cabinet table.
Naming a White House science adviser soon after the election would give the next president an adviser as he or she works to fill cabinet, sub-cabinet and senior agency positions related to science and technology, said the report.
Nearly 180 organizations representing the interdependent arenas of science, academia and business are urging the next president to appoint a White House science adviser by Inauguration Day and give the position cabinet - level rank.
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