You may well bump into one of the Blair children in the corridor, and the prime minister's room, reached through his private secretaries' office, has the feel of a country gentleman's study.

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Executive secretaries and administrative assistants perform general office functions to keep the higher-ups of the group organized.

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Judges and presidents -- and one would presume all other civil officers if you follow their argument to its logical conclusion, including assistant secretaries and others -- must in their view be removed from office if the Senate finds that they committed either offense, removed without a second thought.

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In addition, many senior-level administration officials spoke at the conference, including Secretaries Clinton and Sebelius, Ambassador Eric Goosby, Dr. Grant Colfax of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, and Dr. Tony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health.

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Later, Secretaries Donovan and Napolitano, along with New Jersey Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez visited the Middletown Joint Field Office to meet with disaster survivors, relief workers, and state and local officials to discuss coordination among federal, state and local partners on recovery efforts throughout the region.

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