Sentences with phrase «likely next secretary»

As surreal as it was, the recent confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, the likely next secretary of education, raised a...

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Many of the welfare reforms and reductions are likely to prove temporary as Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is developing plans for a radical «universal credit» which will replace all out - of - work benefits over the next decade.
The Wall Street Journal reminds us that the likely next governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, was the Secretary of HUD during the late 1990s.
Six and a half hours after Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt emailed MPs to say a secret ballot of the entire Labour parliamentary party would clear the air of doubts about Gordon Brown's leadership, Miliband — the foreign secretary and likely next Labour leader - made a statement which fell short of the full - throated backing offered by other members of the cabinet.
In a piece that seems likely to further rumours Miliband is positioning himself as the next Labour leader, Sawyer says says she has «a friend who fancies» the foreign secretary.
Holder won't be leaving until at least the fall, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's name has frequently been floated as a likely front - runner, the source noted, meaning that Bharara might need to bide his time for at least a couple of years until, perhaps the next mayoral race.
The McMahon confirmation likely represents a lull before more hotly contested confirmation battles ensue, most notably that of Andrew Puzder to serve as the next labor secretary.
A new president will take the oath of office early next year and will likely appoint a new secretary of education (though the current man with the job, John King Jr., could be tapped).
He may shape education policy in significant ways over the next couple years: He'll likely lead a strong ESEA - reauthorization push, he'll have the chance to pass the GOP edu - baton to a 2016 presidential aspirant, and he's my dark - horse candidate to reprise his role as Secretary of Education should the Republicans take the White House in two years 5.
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