James Woolsey, former Secretary of Education William Bennett, former Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Victoria Toensing, former Under Secretary of State William Schneider, former Deputy Assistants to the President for Homeland Security Mark Holman and Richard Falkenrath, former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy and former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank J.

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Zoellick, currently vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, has been U.S. trade representative and was a deputy secretary of state under Rice.

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Speaking to Richard Armitage, deputy secretary of state under President George W Bush, he said "having a bad relationship right out of the gate with China is not a hopeful way to try to protect our interest".

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He will be accompanied by senior Administration officials, including Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, Assistant Secretary of State William R.

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In fact, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and former Under Secretaries of State Nick Burns and Karen Hughes are among the senior U.S. government officials who have lavished praise on the group and legitimated ISNA by meeting with Dr. Mattson and others.

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Even before Nunn came under Clinton's scrutiny, Warren Christopher, deputy secretary of state in the Carter administration who has been mistakenly considered Clinton's first choice for the foreign policy portfolio, was being savaged by rumors of being "too close" to Carter's Middle East policy.

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The Accountability Review Board was also part of that Washington culture, protecting the top levels of the State Department the secretary and the deputy and under secretaries and laying blame (and punishment) on the career people below them.

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During their four years together in the Powell State Department, the Deputy Secretary made no secret of his hostility towards then-Under Secretary Bolton.

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