Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and Transportation Secretary Federico Pena. "Clinton feels strongly that Cisneros has been a good HUD secretary," says Carney. "And given all the problems that the president's been facing with his existing secretaries, the last thing he needs is another spot to fill in the Cabinet...
...Ronald Reagan's most contentious Cabinet members, James Watt, was served with a 25-count perjury indictment by the independent counsel investigating corruption at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Watt, a former Interior Secretary, had served as a HUD consultant after leaving the Administration. He denied all charges, saying, "I am trusting God that justice can arise and will prevail...
...above the smog-smothered skyscrapers, on the parapets of Chapultepec Castle, the bronze statues of six young soldiers strike a gallant pose. The teenage cadets revered by every Mexican as the ``Boy Heroes'' died defending the fortress against Yanquis in 1847. Every Sept. 13, the President of Mexico, his Cabinet and the diplomatic corps assemble at the Mexico City fortress to recall the defeat that led to el despojo territorial, what Mexicans consider the unjust seizure of their land that now makes up California, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico...
Though the exact date seems to be lostin a file cabinet on the third floor of UniversityHealth Services (or at least in the memories ofthe Blondie generation), in the early 1980s PeerContraceptive Counselors (PCC) became the firstpeer counseling group to begin doing outreaches.According to Nadja B. Gould, a social worker atUniversity Health Services and a supervisor of thepeer counseling groups, PCC started theiroutreaches after hearing of a similar program thatwas successful at Dartmouth. There, outreachessurrounded kegs at fraternities. PCC went tofirst-year entries, where kegs were absent andCoke and pretzels took their place...
Sources tell TIME that the estranged wife of South African President Nelson Mandela is about to step down from his cabinet because she is suspected of taking bribes. TIME South Africa correspondent Peter Hawthorne says Winnie Mandela is expected to step aside this weekend, on a temporary basis, while police investigate whether she was paid $21,000 to secure government contracts for a construction company. Hawthorne also says the African National Congress is planning to remove Mrs. Mandela as president of its Women's League. President Mandela today reaffirmed his commitment to rooting out corruption, even if that means sacking...