Word: cabineteer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Clinton said in announcing the appointment, Albright has "steely determination" as well as a clear understanding of her dual function as a leading cabinet member and female role model. We see that the second follows naturally from the first, as she herself indicated in her own metaphor: "I hope my heels can fill your shoes," she said to outgoing secretary Christopher when she accepted her new position...
JERUSALEM: Even as he is embroiled in painstaking negotiations over the Hebron agreement, Benjamin Netanyahu now may face eroding support at home. Israel radio reported Friday that two Israeli cabinet ministers of the religious Shas Party who initially supported the agreement now were considering abstaining or voting no. And Thursday night, one of Netanyahu's strongest supporters, Justice Minister Tzahi Hanegbi, said that he too would vote against a Hebron deal if Netanyahu commits to a new timetable for a troop withdrawal from West Bank rural areas. The defection of all three would prevent an agreement from taking effect...
...Clinton completed his final round of Cabinet appointments last Friday, he appeared undaunted by the latest round of disclosures. He admitted that it was "clearly inappropriate" for Trie to escort Chinese weapons dealer Wang Jun through the White House in February. "We have to do a better job of screening people who come in and out of here," the President said. But Clinton noted with pride that so far the multiplying probes of the Administration "have spent $30 million or something, and there's not a single solitary shred of evidence of any wrongdoing on my part." Said...
CHRISTOPHER REEVE He'll be nominated, and confirmed, for a position in Clinton's second Cabinet. --George Withers...
With Henry Cisneros and Federico Pena leaving the Cabinet, Clinton was under pressure to name a Hispanic to a top job. Now Richardson will have to give up the derring-do of his foreign escapades for the more refined cocktail diplomacy of a United Nations envoy. But the U.N. post could well be a launching point for the final adventure Richardson has always craved--being Governor of New Mexico...