secretary of state

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The US secretary of state told reporters on Monday that the US "would not deliberately target a school" but that the department of defence was investigating "if that was our strike".

From BBC

All the while, the former secretary of state looks on perplexed.

From BBC

The former shadow secretary of state for health and social care said he had put off a routine health check from his GP.

From BBC

The only glitch in the matrix: Rubio was not planning to bring any reporters on his plane, in a rare break with decades of precedent for US secretaries of state.

From Barron's

Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Election Officials, said many clerks expressed frustration with the secretary of state’s lack of guidance and failure to help with investigations.

From Salon