... the Clinton administration, it was May before the first undersecretary of defense was confirmed. More recently, Secretary of ... secretaries in place within a few days of the inauguration and undersecretaries and key assistant secretaries in place no later than the ...

... respond to North Korea but not provoke them, so I would not expect this immediately," he said. Arnold Kanter, a former undersecretary of state in George H.W. Bush's administration, called North Korea's behavior "erratic and delusional" as well ...

... nation negotiations. In Beijing, top U.S. and Chinese defense officials also discussed North Korea. U.S. Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy was heading next to Tokyo and Seoul for talks. South Korea has proposed high-level "consultations ...

... unanimity. "I think it's a strong statement and it reflects a real sense of urgency," said Williams Burns, Obama's undersecretary of state for political affairs. Obama also announced at the dinner that he will host a nuclear security summit early next ...

... Nujaimi, said the color may have become a favorite because it's a symbol of "clarity and purity." Toufic al-Sudairi, undersecretary at the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, said there's nothing in Islam that stipulates that green should be the faith ...

... of force against the crowds and urged him "to cut and cut clean." The next day, Marcos left the Philippines. As an undersecretary of defense in George H.W. Bush's administration, I witnessed a replay of the Philippine scenario on Aug. 19, 1991 ...

... s at stake is much more than bragging rights for how quickly Obama can fill in an organizational chart with names for undersecretary of this and deputy assistant secretary of that. These are the people Obama needs to carry out all sorts of promised initiatives ...

... year in four years. - Advertisement - "We do benefit when things look less positive in civil society," said David Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. "What difficult economic times give us, I think, is an opening to make our case ...

... distances, even the prices of two and three years ago were starting to cut into the recreation opportunity," said Mark Rey, undersecretary of agriculture in charge of the Forest Service. "We are seeing less participation in overnight camping than the quick ...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) Asa Hutchinson, a former federal Homeland Security undersecretary, has been named to a three-person panel by Blackwater Worldwide to ensure the private security firm follows U.S. export laws ...