Word: cabineted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...homefront, Bush announced the creation of a new cabinet level position, naming Penn. Gov. Thomas J. Ridge ’67 Director of Homeland Security, dedicated to stopping the roots of terrorist activity...
Bush rightly proclaimed that the battle against terrorism must begin at home. His creation of a new cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security fills a needed void in America’s security apparatus. We hope that its new director, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, establishes a strong precedent in this role of balancing the need for heightened security with the diligent protection of civil liberties...
...What Koizumi needs to do is win himself some allies in parliament?from among younger LDP legislators, perhaps, or even from the opposition. He was smart to sign up the young, hard-charging Nobuteru Ishihara to head up administrative reform in his Cabinet, and there are dozens of other younger pols, inside and out of the LDP, that he would be wise to court. But his natural aloofness makes it hard for him to reach out. And the few friends he has in politics are more likely to get him into trouble than out of it. Koizumi is close...
...attacks, Friday was marked by hundreds of remembrances and prayer services. People gathered Friday night all around the country for candlelight vigils. Outside fire stations in New York, flowers and candles stand five feet deep. At Washington D.C.'s National Cathedral, the President, First Lady, members of Congress, Cabinet members, former Presidents and their families gathered Friday morning with other dignitaries for a prayer service. According to reports, President Bush made a call to Al Gore, who was trapped in Europe after the attacks, asking the former vice president to return to Washington for the service. Gore and his wife...
...Fifteen minutes later, the four Senators and Bush adjourned to the larger Cabinet Room where the congressional delegations from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut sat waiting to meet with the President. Schumer at one point stood up in that meeting and recounted how Bush had just told him that New York would get the extra $20 billion. When he sat down, he leaned over to Bush, who was sitting next to him. "You know, Mr. President, there was a lump in my throat when I said that," he whispered to Bush. "I could hardly speak." Bush patted Schumer...