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Secretary of State

The head of the U.S. federal government department charged with conducting foreign relations. The secretary is responsible for advising the president on foreign policy, assisting American businesses abroad, and overseeing U.S. embassies. He or she is appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.
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Summary: ABU DHABI - The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in a message sent on Wednesday, hailed the UAE leadership and people on the 38th National Day.
UAE Promoter of Peace, Says Clinton
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel last night and pledged about pounds 200 million in humanitarian aid for the rebuilding of theGaza Strip.
US pledges pounds 600m for rebuilding Gaza Strip; INTERNATIONAL
A RARE earthenware jug made for an ancestor of United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to be auctioned in Newcastle.
NORTH TODAY: Clinton link; AUCTION
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev on Sunday met with the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who arrived in Kazakhstan on a short working visit.
Condoleezza Rice meets with President Nursultan Nazarbaev in Astana
Little Graeme was an angel on loan to us for seven years," says former United States Secretary of State James A.
James A. Baker III
UNITED States Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday admitted that pre-war Iraq may not have possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Powell backs down over Iraq weapons
UNITED States Secretary of State Colin Powell has identified Osama bin Laden as a prime suspect in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
TERRORIST ATTACKS AMERICA: POWELL POINTS FINGER OF BLAME AT BIN LADEN
For that matter, self-defense in international law was already narrowly defined long before the Charter was written; the classic definition is that of United States Secretary of State Daniel Webster in 1842 and later accepted by the Nuremberg Tribunal as the basis for convicting individuals accused of waging war of aggression.
Attacking Iraq and international law
She served as United States Secretary of State from January 2005 to 2009 after serving as the Chief National Security Advisor to the President beginning in 2001.
Condoleezza Rice to Join KiOR Board of Directors
Washington [USA], Dec 14 ( ANI ): United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will look to rally United Nations Security Council members to put pressure on North Korea for denuclearisation .
Tillerson to put pressure on N Korea at UN briefing
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (KUNA) -- United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in federal capital Islamabad on Tuesday for talks with Pakistanآ's civil and military leaderships on a host of issues.
US States Secretary arrives in Pakistan
Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the announcement that United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit New Zealand next week.
New Zealand : NZ welcomes US Secretary of State visit

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