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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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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