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• n  a person who is head of an administrative department of government
• n  an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
• n  a person to whom a secret is entrusted
• n  a desk used for writing

• Barack Obama's choice for education secretary, Chicago school chief Arne (Ar-NEE) Duncan, is getting a warm welcome from most factions of the education community.
• Adding another former rival to his administration, Barack Obama has nominated former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to be the next secretary of agriculture.
• secretary-general boutros boutros-ghali "the u.

• secretarial assistant
• repository
• writing table
• escritoire
• secretaire

News & Articles

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• Secretary Lew Discusses Economic Benefits of Immigration at CGI America
  Secretary Lew recently met with former President Bill Clinton and hundreds of civic and business leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
  June 17, 2013 - United States Department of the Treasury
• Ag secretary encourages owners to vaccinate horses for West Nile virus
  Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey encouraged horse owners to protect their animals from the West Nile virus by making sure their horses are vaccinated and that the vaccination is up-to-date.
  June 17, 2013 - Shenandoah Valley News
• Secretary is latest city employee seeking waiver to Brockton’s residency rule
  A Personnel Department secretary could be the next Brockton employee could to get an exception to the city’s inconsistent residency requirement. The City Council Ordinance Committee recommended an order that would give a waiver to employee Nicole Casarez. The residency waiver would add Casarez, a benefits administrator in the Personnel Department, to the long list of employees that are exempt ...
  June 17, 2013 - Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in United Press International
  In the last six months, AIG has received substantial sums from the US Treasury,Obama said of insurance giant AIG's receiving nearly $170 billion in bailout funds. "I've asked Secretary (Tim) Geithner to use that leverage and pursue every...
• David Petraeus in defpro
  General Petraeus added: "As President Obama and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen have noted, my assumption of command represents a change in personnel, not a change in policy or strategy. To be sure, I will, as any new commander should, together...
• John McCain in Bloomberg
  I would order the secretary of Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home-loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes,McCain said tonight during their second debate, a town hall-style forum at Belmont University...