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| | Encyclopedia: United States Secretary of Defense |
 | | In the same massive reorganization, the Secretary of War was replaced by the Secretary of the Army and, along with the Secretary of the Navy and the new Secretary of the Air Force, became a non-Cabinet position placed under the Secretary of Defense. | | | The SecDef, as the head of the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense, is assisted by a Deputy Secretary and five Under Secretaries in the fields of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer; Intelligence; Personnel and Readiness; and arguably the most important, Policy. | | | The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States. |
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| | 1845), was Secretary of United States Legation at Lima, Peru, and has been Charge d'Affaires there eight different times. | | | John Cabell Breckenridge, son of Joseph C. Breckenridge, was Vice-President of the United States (1857-61), candidate of the Southern Democrats for President in 1860, General in the Confederate Armies (1862-64), Confederate Secretary of War till 1865. | | | Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), was United States Senator from Ohio (1831-37), Secretary of the Treasury (1841), Secretary of the Interior (1849-50). |
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| | United States Attorney General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Attorney General is a member of the President's Cabinet, the only member who is not given the title Secretary. | | | The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. | | | The members of the Department of Justice represent the United States in legal matters generally and offer advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. |
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| | The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all States. | | | The States Parties shall submit to the Committee, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, reports on the measures they have taken to give effect to their undertakings under this Convention, within one year after the entry into force of the Convention for the State Party concerned. | | | Elections of the members of the Committee shall be held at biennial meetings of States Parties convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. |
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| | United States Secretary of the Treasury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the finance minister of the | | | United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense. | | | The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. |
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| | United Nations |
| | The United States also contributed $1.1 billion in assessments to the peacekeeping budget in calendar year 2004; $72 million for the support of the international war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; and, nearly $5 million for preparatory work relating to the UN Capital Master Plan. | | | Under special agreement with the United States, certain diplomatic privileges and immunities have been granted, but generally the laws of New York City, New York State, and the United States apply. | | | Under the UN Charter, the chief administrative officer of the UN and the head of the Secretariat is the Secretary-General of the United Nations, appointed to a five-year term by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council. |
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| | Online NewsHour: United Nations/International |
| | February 5, 2003 -- The Case Against Iraq Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the United Nations Security Council today to make a case against Iraq. | | | Margaret Warner talks with Ljubica Acevska, the Republic of Macedonia's first ambassador to the United States; Ilir Zherka, president of the National Albanian American Council; and retired Major General William Nash, who commanded the first U.S. peacekeeping force in Bosnia after the Dayton Peace Accords were signed in 1995. | | | Ray Suarez talks with John Ruggie, former assistant secretary-general at the United Nations from 1997 to 2001; and Eliot Cohen, professor and director of the strategic studies program at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. |
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| | To establish a Department of Peace |
| | Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress proposed legislation containing any necessary and appropriate technical and conforming amendments to the laws of the United States to reflect and carry out the provisions of this Act. | | | Except as otherwise provided by law, such employees shall be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their compensation fixed in accordance with title 5 of the United States Code. | | | (3) gather information on effective community peacebuilding activities and disseminate such information to local governments and nongovernmental organizations in the United States and abroad; |
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| | The Board shall consider the matters so referred to it, giving due consideration to the foreign policy of the United States, the national security, and the domestic economy, and shall make recommendations thereon to the Secretary of Commerce. | | | By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Export Control Act of 1949 as amended, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: | | | The Board shall be composed of the Secretary of' Commerce, who shall be the Chairman of the Board, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. |
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| | Todays Legal Staffing - Provides temporary and permanent placement of attorneys, paralegals, and legal secretaries in the United States and Canada. | | | Alford and Bishop - Legal recruiters, located in the United Kingdom, specializing in recruiting lawyers for permanent and contract placement in legal private practices and corporations in the South of England. | | | Legal Ease, L.L.C. - Contract and permanent placement of attorneys in Washington. |
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| | The New York Review of Books: Europe vs. America |
| | The new US secretary of state was widely quoted in 2003 to the effect that the United States intends to "forgive Russia, ignore Germany, and punish France." According to the authors of a recent Atlantic Council report, the Bush administration regards Europe as being "on probation," its future standing with Washington dependent on better behavior. | | | The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy | | | The European Union is almost too attractive for its own good—in contrast with the United States, which is widely disliked for what it does, the EU appeals just by virtue of what it is. |
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| | The draft resolution on business and development (document A/C.2/56/L.18), sponsored by the United States, would have the Assembly request the Secretary-General, in cooperation with relevant United Nations organizations, to submit to it at its fifty-seventh session a follow-up report on the continuing implementation of resolution 54/204. | | | According to a draft resolution on the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the General Assembly would decide to establish the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed, Landlocked and Small Island Developing States. | | | By the text of a draft on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Assembly would request the Secretary-General to clarify the reason why the Institute does not benefit from rental rates and maintenance costs similar to those enjoyed by other United Nations-affiliated organizations. |
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| | Encyclopedia: United States Department of State |
| | The Seal of the United States Secretary of State The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. | | | It is administered by the United States Secretary of State. | | | The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. |
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| | The United States Department of Transportation: |
| | They urged Boyd, then under secretary of commerce for transportation, to explore the prospects of having a transportation department initiative prepared as part of Johnson's 1966 legislative program. | | | Department negotiators helped to avert a strike against Amtrak--and Congress mandated that Corporation''s overhaul; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued regulations allowing consumers to turn off their airbag switches where necessary; and the United States finalized a long-sought, liberalized aviation agreement with Japan. | | | As mandated by the Department of Transportation Act, Johnson directed the secretaries of housing and urban development and transportation to inform Congress where the most "logical and efficient organization and location of urban mass transportation functions within the Executive Branch" would be. |
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| | WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--United Nations |
| | United States Mission to the United Nations-- Official website of the US delegation with information about the mission, press releases, fact sheets, official speeches, US policy positions on major issues, and so forth. | | | United Nations Association of the United States of America-- Dedicated to promoting U.S. participation in the United Nations system and to strengthening the U.N. system. | | | Millennium Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations-- In full-text, released April 2000, "the most comprehensive presentation of the UN's mission in its fifty-five year history, containing numerous specific goals and programme initiatives." |
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| | The Monetary Reform Act |
| | Treasury Deposits or Treasury book entries) convertible to United States Notes, which may be substituted therefor at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. | | | The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to purchase such outstanding United States Savings Bonds/Notes during the transition period as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. | | | The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to establish Treasury Department Deposits, convertible to United States Notes on demand, sufficient to accomplish the provisions of this Act. |
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| | Treasury, United States Department of the on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Treasury, United States Department of the on Encyclopedia.com | | | Under the Articles of Confederation the limited financial administration of the United States was taken care of by a superintendent of finance, who was replaced in 1784 by a treasury board. | | | Search for Treasury, United States Department of the in: |
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| | United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Also implicated in the scandal is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose son Kojo Annan is alleged to have illegally procured UN oil-for-food contracts on behalf of a Swiss company, Coctecna. | | | The UN negotiates treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to avoid potential international disputes. | | | The United Nations is also a forum in which to support the right of women to participate fully in the political, economic, and social life of their countries. |
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| | [21 Mar 1997]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION |
| | The United States was also very interested in the Secretary-General's intention to create a deputy secretary-general post and consider a woman to fill it, she said. | | | The summary had been presented to the President of the United States at an Oval Office ceremony at the White House on International Women's Day. | | | The United States had today introduced a draft resolution on mainstreaming a gender perspective in humanitarian assistance, she said. |
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| | 15 USC Sec. 260 (01/24/94) |
| | It is the policy of the United States to promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones prescribed by sections 261 to 264 of this title, as modified by section 265 of this title. | | | For the purpose of establishing the standard time of the United States, the territory of the United States shall be divided into eight zones in the manner provided in this section. | | | As used in sections 261 to 264 of this title, the term ''interstate or foreign commerce'' means commerce between a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States and any place outside thereof. |
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| | UN Chronicle: Issue 4, 1999: Perspective |
| | A related though indirect benefit to the United Nations might be the ability of a Europe with its own defense capability to encourage closer United States cooperation with the United Nations. | | | Further, the United States could encourage the Europeans to create more innovative crisis-prevention instruments under their so-called "Petersberg Tasks", from a WEU declaration of June 1992, outlining a commitment to develop capabilities ranging from humanitarian and rescue operations to more traditional peacekeeping and military peacemaking functions. | | | To illustrate, the then United Nations Secretary-General was much vilified in certain quarters in the United States as he tried to cope during the difficult UN Protection Force operation (pre-Dayton period) in Bosnia. |
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| | United States Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | List of Secretaries of State, via United States Department of State | | | The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. | | | The position of "Secretary of State of the United States" was thus intended to be the most general and important office in the U.S. government, after the Presidency. |
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| | NYU Law, Library - Foreign & International, United Nations |
| | he core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. | | | Researching the United Nations by Mary Rumsey at the University of Minnesota. | | | As a regional arrangement under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, the OSCE has been established as a primary instrument in its region for early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation in Europe. |
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| | Learn more about Lists of incumbents in the online encyclopedia. |
| | abdication, assassinated persons, cabinet, chancellor, ex-monarchs (20th century), first names, head of government, Head of State, lieutenant governor, mayor, military commanders, minister, order of precedence, president, prime minister, Reichstag participants (1792), Secretary of State. | | | Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (historic) | | | Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768-1782; 1794-1801; 1854-1966) |
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| | Welcome to the United States Mission to the United Nations |
| | Opening Remarks by Secretary of State Rice before the Senate Budget Committee and the House International Relations Committee on the President's FY 2007 International Affairs Budget Request | | | Briefing by Secretary of State Rice and by Under Secretary Dobriansky and Assistant Secretary Lowenkron on the 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices | | | Welcome to the United States Mission to the United Nations |
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| | Embassy of the United States, Paris, France |
| | April 12, 2006- United States Continues To Welcome Foreign Visitors, Rice Says The United States continues to welcome foreign visitors and is working hard to improve the visa process, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told participants at the Global Travel and Tourism Summit April 12 in Washington. | | | April 12, 2006- Muslim Outreach Key for Promoting Understanding, Integration “The [American] Muslim community realizes today they are part of the fabric of society, and they have a responsibility and opportunity to bridge the gap between the two cultures,” said Khalil Jassemm in an April 11 webchat. | | | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday April 12, 2006 the U.N. Security Council must consider "strong steps" to induce Tehran to change course (© AP/WWP) |
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| | EXECUTIVE ORDER DEFINED: Under the Constitution, the president is vested with the executive power of the government (Article I |
| | (3) Executive Order 6111 of April 20, 1933, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate transactions in foreign exchange and the export or withdrawal of currency from the United States. | | | Signed by the Attorney General of the United States. | | | The United Nations Industrial Development Organization, whose constitution was ratified by the United States on August 2, 1983, and entered into force on June 21, 1985, is hereby designated as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by International Organizations Immunities Act. |
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| | Angola: United Nations Security Council |
| | Similarly, the Council stated that it intended to review the United Nations role in Angola, should the Secretary-General report that the cooperation from the Angolan parties was substantially delayed or not forthcoming. | | | The Council intended to review the role of the United Nations in Angola if the cooperation required from the parties was not forthcoming. | | | It endorsed the Secretary-General's view that an effective information capability, including a United Nations radio station, should be established in consultation with the Angolan Government. |
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