In charge of commerce was Donald Evans, former chief of a Denver-based oil company.

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The most likely candidate is Donald Evans, Mr Bush's nominee for secretary of commerce.

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But Messrs O'Neill and Zoellick could both be trumped by Donald Evans, the commerce secretary.

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Addy recently traveled with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans to Ghana and South Africa to promote the device.

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Addy recently traveled with Donald Evans, the U.S. secretary of commerce, to Ghana and South Africa to promote the device.

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In the phone conversation, Bush pledged to continue to foster ties with Russia by sending Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to Russia after the G-8 meeting in Genoa, Italy, July 20 to 22, the spokesman said.

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Yesterday, Snow and Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans called in economic journalists to try to get that message across.

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Zoellick could also be eclipsed by Paul Evans, the nominee for Commerce secretary, and high-profile foreign policy nominees Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld and Condeleeza Rice.

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