secretary
Example Sentences
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On becoming prime minister in 1997, Blair committed New Labour to set up a 60-member Welsh assembly which would take over responsibility for a £7bn budget from the UK cabinet's Welsh secretary.
From BBC
The Queen Mother's private secretary contacted No 10 to complain, although the files do not explain what caused the offence.
From BBC
Roosevelt served for a year as an occasionally insubordinate assistant secretary of the Navy, then resigned at the start of the Spanish-American War to co-found the First U.S.
But as pressure mounted on the state to fund soil testing, the California Environmental Protection Agency secretary downplayed public health risks from fire contamination.
From Los Angeles Times
In his letter to the home secretary, Farage said it was "astonishing" that neither MPs from Labour, the Conservatives or other parties carried out "basic due diligence" on Fattah while they campaigned for Fattah's release.
From BBC
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