The President has not received yet a recommendation from his commanders or the Secretary of Defense for a troop drawdown figure.
"If there is one principle of planning law more firmly settled than any other, it is that matters of planning judgment are within the exclusive province of the local planning authority or the Secretary of State, " the judge added.
General Provisions. (a) The heads of executive departments and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's designee, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities assigned by this order.
Yet for all the gloom in the Labour ranks, there is no sign as yet of a formal leadership challenge, or of a potential alternative (such as David Miliband, the foreign secretary or Alan Johnson, the health secretary), publicly breaking ranks with the prime minister.
If that decision has to be taken it should be done by the DCMS or the relevant secretary.
There are plenty of runners, like the former Italian prime minister, Romano Prodi or the Nato Secretary-General, Javier Solana.
There is also an argument as to whether or not the Secretary of HHS even has the authority to grant such a waiver.
The Center agrees with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski who on CNN today expressed incredulity that his successor, Anthony Lake, (or perhaps the Secretary of State) was not assigned responsibility for expressing the Administration's views on the Yeltsin statement and responding to reporters' questions about this extraordinarily sensitive topic.
The opinion polls still make uncomfortable reading for Mr Brown the Tory lead tends to jump a bit when voters are asked to imagine him as prime minister but potential rivals, such as John Reid, the home secretary, or Alan Johnson, the education secretary, have faded from view.
Today's best guess is probably that Labour will be led next by someone called Miliband (either David, the foreign secretary, or his brother Ed, the energy secretary).
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John Kerry, who may or may not be the next Secretary of State or Defense, threw his support behind the program and 28 members of Congress signed a petition, with presidents and staff of universities ranging from Stanford to Princeton, chiming in.
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The past week has provided the best opportunity yet for gauging exactly how liberal or authoritarian the home secretary really is.
Senior officials shall be designated by and report to the Deputy Secretary or official at the equivalent level of their respective offices, departments, and agencies.
In exercising the functions and authorities in the previous sentence, the Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
But from Thad Allen, our National Incident Coordinator, through the most junior member of the Coast Guard, or the under-under-under secretary of NOAA, or any of the agencies under my charge, they understand this is the single most important thing that we have to get right.
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General Provisions. (a) For purposes of this order, "affected tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a), located or with interests in the affected area.
But the U.N. secretary general or the president of the Hamburg tribunal would select the crucial fifth arbitrator when, as would typically be the case, the state parties cannot agree.
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When the French Revolution led to a major war between France and England, Washington refused to accept entirely the recommendations of either his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was pro-British.
Look, I don't think the Secretary or the President are under any illusion that some of this will be easy, but I think somebody like Secretary Gates has enormous credibility in determining what's important for this military and for this fighting force moving forward, and I think that will carry -- I think that endorsement will carry enormous weight.
Evidence published Tuesday suggests that News Corp. was getting inside information from the government minister with the power to approve or block the acquisition, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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Besides the UNESCO Assistant Director general for Social and Human Sciences, several other UNESCO representatives will participate in the debates as speakers, moderators or panelists, including the Executive Secretary of the UNESCO-MOST programme and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Mexico.
Besides the UNESCO Assistant Director general for Social and Human Sciences, several other UNESCO representatives will participate in the debates as speakers, moderators or panelists, including the Executive Secretary of the UNESCO MOST programme and the Director of the UNESCO field office in Mexico.
Most press reports have in some way insinuated that other people presently or formerly associated with the office of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney who have concerns about or responsibility for the Iran portfolio have also been of interest to the FBI.
The report effectively gives members of the authority until the end of March to turn its fortunes around or face a referral to the Secretary of State and "statutory intervention".
While it may not have the profile of jobs such as secretary of state or secretary of defense, the OMB position is a central part of a president's administration.
It detracts in no way from the significance -- or the praiseworthiness -- of Secretary Cheney's remark to note that such a reversal of the American stance on the Osirak raid is long overdue.
Many (including The Economist) had called on the defence secretary to resign or be sacked after the prison-abuse scandals at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
And many developing countries, whether run dictatorially or not, oppose the secretary-general's American-driven reforms.
Reports of differences with Cardinal Bertone fuel suspicions (unfair or not) that the secretary of state favours laxity.
Does the Secretary or senior officials host a blog, do online townhalls or webchats, or webcast public hearings?
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