secretary of state

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The official certified results will be posted by the secretary of state on July 10.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Hillary Clinton, Obama’s first secretary of state, was among the figures who helped set the administration’s Iran talks in motion.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

"Parliament was alive to the fact that those powers conferred on the secretary of state were significant powers," Sir James told the judges.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The most famous example of this involves Rex Tillerson, Trump’s first secretary of state, who learned he was fired by a presidential tweet in the middle of a trip to Africa.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The rumors were in fact true, though on all constitutional questions Jefferson deferred to Madison’s superior judgment, so he could accept the offer to become America's first secretary of state without political reservations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis