secretary
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Her former colleague Pete Hegseth, now secretary of defense, sold more than 300,000 copies of his last two books, both of which were military grievance memoirs.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Catholics occupy some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government: the vice president, the secretary of state and six of nine Supreme Court justices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
He told the paper that his mother had met Billy in the 1960s, when he was a soldier stationed at the Nato base of Saint-Nazaire and she was a secretary.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Unite's general secretary Sharon Graham, said: "DHL is hugely profitable, it can more than afford to put forward an acceptable pay offer."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
John McNaughton was the secretary of defense’s main assistant on Vietnam policy.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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