The Secretary of State has made a robust defence of the agreement.

国务卿对这项协议进行了强有力的辩护。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

U.S. Secretary Rice hailed the agreement Thursday, before departing for India.

美国国务卿赖斯星期四在离开华盛顿前往印度之前赞扬了这一协议。

youdao

His comments came on the same day that the UK's energy and climate secretary, Chris Huhne, played down the prospects of a legally binding agreement at the talks, which open on Monday.

就在伊沃·德波尔作此番讲话的当天，英国能源与气候变化大臣克里斯·休恩(Chris Huhne)表示，对下周一开始的气候变化大会会谈上能否达成具有法律约束力的协议不抱太大希望。

youdao

But both he and U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the agreement provides a hopeful beginning.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

After President Barack Obama announced the agreement at the White House Friday morning, U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates made this simple declaration.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

(Sound) Foreign Minister Lavrov says Secretary Clinton did not try to win agreement on any new sanctions on Iran during Tuesday's talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The Good Friday Agreement and the 1998 Northern Ireland Act give the power to call a border poll to the secretary of state (even though both the Northern Ireland secretary at the time of the agreement and the current incumbent were and are women, both documents refer to the secretary as "him").

BBC: United Ireland border poll call: diversions and u-turns

It's hard to overlook the timing of the agreement that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed in Poland today.

NPR: U.S., Poland Sign Missile Defense Deal

The final word and reference will still be resolution No. 687 with its obligations on both the Secretary General and Iraq, along will the code of conduct agreed upon in the agreement signed by the Secretary-General in New York on 16th September 2002, and the press statement of Hans Blix and (Mohamed) ElBaradei in Vienna ...

BBC: Text of Iraqi letter to UN