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secretary of energy |
secretary of health and human services |
secretary of health education and welfare |
secretary of housing and urban development |
secretary of labor |
secretary of state
| secretary of state for the home department
| secretary of the interior
| secretary of the navy
| secretary of the treasury
| secretary of transportation
secretary of state
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun secretary of state has 3 senses
- secretary of state(n = noun.person) Array - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State; "the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson" is a kind of secretary
- secretary of state(n = noun.person) foreign minister - a government minister for foreign relations; Array is a kind of government minister, minister
- secretary of state(n = noun.act) Array - the position of the head of the State Department; "the position of Secretary of State was established in 1789" is a kind of secretaryship
is a member of united states cabinet, us cabinet
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secretary of state
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