Sentences with phrase «secretary of»

«As Secretary of Labor, he will be able to apply his business successes in a way that will benefit all Americans - growing wages and creating opportunity.»

The freshly ousted secretary of state's exit package from former employer Exxon Mobil Corp. stipulates that if Tillerson returns to the private sector to work for a competitor, he could forfeit roughly $ 180 million in deferred compensation.

Stocks were rocky Tuesday morning after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was let go by the White House, just days after the administration agreed to talks with North Korea.

President Trump named White House physician Ronny Jackson as his pick to replace David Shulkin as secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs.

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.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (L) testifies before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis looks at what may be in store for energy giant ExxonMobil if CEO Rex Tillerson were to be tapped for secretary of State in the Trump administration.

The first threat to the Iran nuclear deal comes in the form of the appointment of «Iran hawks» John Bolton as national security advisor (he replaces HR McMaster on April 9) and Mike Pompeo as secretary of state.

CNN reported that Puzder has had «second thoughts» about accepting the nomination as secretary of labor.

The shakeup plays out while Trump's new pick for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, awaits confirmation by Congress.

The White House Office of Management and Budget said it is reviewing an «interim final rule» to ease the requirement and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price celebrated the opportunity to review the mandate.

Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Stephanie O'Sullivan, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Cathy Novelli and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Toria Nuland have told colleagues they are stepping down, the sources said.

The Wall Street Journal article at the center of the OIG's inquiry was published on October 30, 2016, two days after then - FBI director James Comey announced in a letter to Congress that the bureau was reopening its investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server to conduct government business when she was secretary of state.

The project stalled under Barack Obama's presidency, but has been revived by current White House incumbent Donald Trump, who appointed ex-ExxonMobil boss Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State and is viewed as an oil and gas friendly Commander in Chief.

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from his administration, telling reporters that he disagreed with Tillerson on some issues.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, en route to Moscow days after a U.S. missile attack on Syria, is calling on Russia to realign itself with the West and break its alliance with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Of course exactly that happened over the weekend, when WikiLeaks published transcripts of three speeches that Hillary Clinton gave, for $ 225,000 each, at Goldman Sachs conferences in 2013, shortly after she'd stepped down as Secretary of State.

President Obama nominates former Sen. Chuck Hagel (left) as secretary of defense and John Brennan as CIA chief.

And those negotiations have to be led by a secretary of State, contended Richardson, who formerly served as ambassador to the United Nations and as Energy Secretary under former President Bill Clinton.

Graduates join the ranks of notable alumni who came before them, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, and author Nicholas Sparks.

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks about border security during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, May 2, 2017.

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

Jones was elevated to serve as acting assistant secretary of state responsible for the Middle East and had neither been offered the job on a permanent basis not told that he would not get it, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The resignation of Trump economic aide Gary Cohn and the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are bookends to a week of major developments in Washington.

Secretary of State Colin Powell once said, «There are no secrets to success.

Kendall has made overhauling the Pentagon's acquisition shop a priority (as did his predecessor Ash Carter, now the Secretary of Defense).

One entry recalls a night he and painter Helen Frankenthaler spent with then - secretary of defense Dick Cheney and his accompanying Secret Service men.

U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo's move to visit North Korea was «very much the right one,» says Curtis Chin of the Milken Institute and former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank.

Along with secretary of state nominee Sen. John Kerry, D - Mass., Hagel and Brennan would play key roles implementing and shaping Obama's national security priorities in a second term.

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to a question during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had very different responses to Saudi Arabia's landmark anti-corruption crackdown from last weekend.

Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara spoke about intuition in a 2003 documentary about his role in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

Jack Lew was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury last year and, the Journal item noted, «The terms of Mr. Lew's original employment contract with Citigroup included a bonus guarantee if he left the bank for a high level position with the United States government or regulatory body.»

The secretary of state said he spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al - Jubeir earlier this week.

He named some of these including Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Acting Under Secretary of Treasury Adam Szubin.

The «unceremonious» firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is «very concerning,» especially in light of the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Bill Richardson, whose past diplomatic missions included negotiations with Pyongyang.

Trump also nominated Mike Pompeo, the CIA director, as his new secretary of state after firing Rex Tillerson on Monday.

«Already people who are frustrated are locking branches from outside in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu and abusing staff as enough cash is not available,» CH Venkatachalam, general secretary of the All India Bank Employees» Association, told Bloomberg.

McCabe was forced out of the FBI earlier this year amid an internal investigation into his handling of the bureau's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state.

The test follows since - fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's remarks that failure to curb the North's ballistic missile program would lead to «catastrophic consequences.»

The inconsistency in messaging coming out of the White House makes it «very confusing for everyone,» says Neal Wolin of the Brunswick Group and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury.

Jim Townsend, who was deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy for eight years, told Defense News that pressuring Sweden with threats about defense cooperation is a flawed approach.

Kyla Garic has resigned as joint company secretary of Calidus Resources.

Richard Kauzlarich, the former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European Affairs, said the White House should have backed the British from the beginning.

The former secretary of state — and, as of Sunday, a presidential candidate for the second time — has been in the public eye since serving as the first lady of Arkansas, when her husband Bill Clinton was governor of the state.

CNBC's Hadley Gamble reports from Riyadh, discussing recent negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the Saudi government.

«These new sanctions are totally inconsequential,» Michael Carpenter, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense, tweeted after the announcement.

Sanders, who is still far behind Clinton in the delegate count needed to secure a nomination, says he will battle it out with the former Secretary of State through to the convention.

Mike Pompeo, the head of President Donald Trump's CIA and his nominee for secretary of state, just confirmed that the US killed hundreds of Russians in an intense battle in Syria in February.

We should note that one of the biggest beneficiaries of the fact that lower corporate taxes result in higher executive compensation is Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.