secretary
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The Northern Ireland secretary has also continued to raise the prospect of Stormont carrying out its own methods of revenue raising, in order to help shore up public services.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Business leaders who have interacted with the deputy defense secretary describe him as an intense micromanager, poring over minutiae within contracts and supply-chain statistics to look for potential savings or bottlenecks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Two that the secretary mentioned: negotiating most favored nation drug pricing with 16 large pharmaceutical companies and bringing health insurance CEOs “to the table to reform prior authorizations.”
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The BBC understands the prime minister and the foreign secretary have lost confidence in Sir Olly Robbins.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
I’d overheard him say, Oh, good! when his secretary told him someone was looking for a place on counters.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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