Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton has more women in his cabinet, in his governmental appointees and in the judiciary than have been in place at any other time in our history. Every day these women make a difference for all women in this country and for their families...
...strayed from the Republican party in favor of tolerance. He is firmly pro-choice and favors legislation to codify Roe v. Wade. In 1992, he became the first Republican governor to with the National Women's Political Caucus award for having the highest percentage of females in his cabinet (nearly 64 percent). And he even signed into law Roosevelt's bill which mandated the protection of gays and lesbians against discrimination...
...what awaited it inside the palace, Haiti's seat of government. The ritzy residential floor, decorated by Michele Duvalier in the slickest French style of the late 1970s, had not been occupied since Aristide's quick exit in 1991 and was, according to a member of Aristide's kitchen cabinet, "unlivable" -- dusty and moldy and smelling faintly of sewage. The beautiful granite bathrooms had all been destroyed, their fixtures removed...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide pledged to appoint a Cabinet not only of the poor, whose cause he championed, but also of the wealthy elite -- the very people who helped oust him from power three years ago. A diverse government, he insisted, would prevent upheaval and ease the transition to democracy. Meanwhile, with the cost of gasoline soaring to $37.50 per gal. on the black market, the U.S. and Aristide signed a $15 million agreement to stabilize prices...
...fighters, besiege their hideouts and catch them. Now those fighting the jihad can attack and then go back to their homes." Arafat's administration has been reluctant to confront the militants because these groups enjoy widespread approval among Palestinians for their anti-Israel exploits. One of Arafat's Cabinet members confides that his boss "has avoided the real job of cleaning up the extremists in Gaza...