Sentences with phrase «next secretary»

Senator John Kerry, the nominee for next Secretary of State, tried but failed to introduce a national cap and trade system in 2010 after failing to win sufficient backing from Republicans.

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

Concern: When next secretary takes office in 2017, who will do the TGP posts?

After that came a massive anti-Keystone rally in Washington and John Kerry's two pointed mentions of global warming during his congressional hearing to become America's next secretary of state and in his first public speech as such.

Trump picked CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of State.

A few of those expected to attend: Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund and a former top French government official; House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis.; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton; Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R - La., and Mike Pompeo, Trump's choice to be the next secretary of state.

«The next secretary of state must be someone who views the world with moral clarity, is free of potential conflicts of interest, has a clear sense of America's interests, and will be a forceful advocate for America's foreign policy goals to the president, within the administration, and on the world stage.

President Barack Obama announced Friday he is nominating Ashton «Ash» Carter to be the next secretary of Defense.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta commends President Obama on his decision to nominate Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) as the next Secretary of Defense, and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as director of the CIA; and Sen. Chuck Hagel accepts the President's nomination.

Mike Pompeo, widely seen as the next secretary of state, is known for a hawkish approach toward foreign policy.

«We are excited that Andy Puzder will serve as our nation's next Secretary of Labor,» Dawn Sweeney, the National Restaurant Association's president and CEO, said in a statement.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he is nominating Alex Azar, a former top executive at U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, to be the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the majority Republicans changed committee rules to push his nomination forward).

As evidence of his commitment to repeal Obamacare, Trump has tapped a key foe of the law, Representative Tom Price, who also happens to be a former physician, to be the next secretary of health and human services.

So I'm hopeful that whoever the next Secretary is, that they will keep this progress going.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin announced Wednesday that he opposes the nomination of CIA director Mike Pompeo to serve as President Donald Trump's next secretary of state.

Why Pompeo when he is in the midst of a confirmation battle to be the next secretary of State?

Several Monday conversations with President Donald Trump, a meeting with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and reassurances about Afghanistan led Sen. Rand Paul to announce Monday evening that he would vote to support Pompeo as the next Secretary of State.

Sen. Rand Paul said Monday he would support CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the next secretary of state — virtually guaranteeing that he would be confirmed by the Senate.

«Having received assurances from President Trump and Director Pompeo that he agrees with the President on these important issues, I have decided to support his nomination to be our next Secretary of State.»

It doesn't even matter if he is giving the people what they want — as unlikely as it is that the people who voted for Donald Trump for president did so because they love Thursday night cliffhangers about who will be the next secretary of housing and urban development.

Despite initially opposing President Donald Trump's pick to be the next Secretary of State, Senator Rand Paul (R - KY) has confirmed that he will support Mike Pompeo.

Don't go to Brown... but if you want to be the next Secretary of State, head to Yale.

The White House said Friday that internal records raise doubt about some of the most serious allegations leveled against White House doctor Ronny Jackson in his failed bid to become the next secretary of...

WASHINGTON — Amid several last - minute twists, CIA Director Mike Pompeo was reported favorably to serve as the next secretary of state by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a Monday evening vote.

«Having received assurances from President Trump and Director Pompeo that he agrees with the President on these important issues, I have decided to support his nomination to be our next Secretary of State,» Paul tweeted.

I don't know much about Chuck Hagel, and I don't particularly care whether he becomes our next secretary of defense.

Last night President - elect Trump selected former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as the next Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture.

«We congratulate Governor Perdue on his selection as the next Secretary of Agriculture.

The Union representatives who were supposed to have left Ghana to Sudan to participate in the ongoing congress were denied visas to travel because Mr Awah had replaced their names with his friends» and one Peter Kodjie's who carries himself fraudulently as NUGS representative to AASU and campaigning to be elected as the next Secretary General of ASSU

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a late pivot yesterday evening, approved the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state, after Sen. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, bowed to pressure from President Trump and dropped his opposition.

The next Secretary - General must be able to convey to governments — and people — that the line between global and national challenges has disappeared, that even traditionally domestic problems like job creation now have an international dimension, and that an effective UN is therefore in everyone's national interest.

The Senate easily confirmed Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of State on Thursday, but Democrats in the most competitive 2018 races delivered a split decision on the current CIA director.

Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino praised on Monday the appointment of Wall Street financier Bill Mulrow to become the next secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Ayala also congratulated former Portugal Prime Minister and ex-President of the Socialist International Antonio Guterres who was unanimously endorsed by the United Nations Security Council to succeed Ban Ki - moon as the next secretary - general of the world body.

Hours after President - elect Donald Trump announced his rival - turned - supporter Dr. Ben Carson would become the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Mayor Bill de Blasio offered to lead the retired Republican neurosurgeon on a tour through the New York City Housing Authority «s beleaguered buildings and through other subsidized developments across the five boroughs.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Rep. Tom Price, a staunch opponent of Obamacare, to become the next secretary of Health and Human Services.

Rudy Giuliani has the stature and the experience to restore America's standing as our next Secretary of State.

Cuomo on Wednesday will name Rossana Rosado, the former editor and publisher of El Diario - La Prensa, as New York's next secretary of state.

Former Gov. George Pataki this weekend endorsed Rudy Giuliani for the secretary of state post in Donald Trump's administration, writing on Twitter the former New York City mayor «has the stature and the experience to restore America's standing as our next Secretary of State.»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER LGBTQ rights advocates are mobilizing in response to President Donald Trump's nomination of Tennessee State Senator Mark Green as the next secretary of the Army.

Dr. Chartock also shares his thoughts on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's endorsement of current CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State.

«I will continue, at the pleasure of the next president and the next secretary of Homeland Security, to serve as the vice chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee... But I have no interest or desire to return full time to the public sector.

Cuomo named Bill Mulrow as his next secretary on January 11, but he did not start work until early February.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with Democrats predicting her leadership would mark a...

When Pres. Donald Trump announced he was nominating Alex Michael Azar II to be the next secretary of health and human services, Trump called him a «star for better healthcare and lower drug prices.»

We encourage the next secretary of Energy to build on this recognition by preparing a budget request that supports the diverse portfolio of research programs within the agency.

Politics The Senate confirmed former deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter as the next Secretary of Defense.

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R - Neb., who has been nominated to be the next secretary of defense.

Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania has nominated Eugene W. Hickok Jr. to be the state's next secretary of education.