In July 1991, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, in the context of the outing of his press aide Pete Williams, dismissed the idea that gays posed a security risk as " a bit of an old chestnut " in testimony before the House Budget Committee.

* Secretary of State for Finance, Budget and Programming, Information and Relations with the State Philatelic and Numismatic Office

Earlier in his career he worked in the Budget Secretariat all the way up to Secretary.

* Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget

The Department of State seized the opportunity to review U. S. strategic policy and military programs, overcoming opposition from Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and his allies in the Bureau of the Budget.

The Financial Secretary is responsible for preparing the Government Budget in accordance with the Chief Executive's agenda in the policy address, ensuring policy is in accordance to the Public Finance Ordinance.

He subsequently served under President Richard Nixon as deputy director ( 1970 – 1972 ) and director ( 1972 – 1973 ) of the Office of Management and Budget and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ( 1973 – 1975 ).

In the next few years, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ( 1973 – 1975 ), Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ( 1975 – 1976 ), Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ( 1976 – 1977 ), and member of the staff of Senator William Roth ( 1976 – 1977 ).

It houses the Office of the Executive Secretary, some units of the Department of Budget and Management, and offices of Presidential Assistants and Advisers.

* William Chong Wong – Former Director of Internal Revenue Service ( 1990 – 92 ), Subsecretary of Treasury ( 1993 ), Subsecretary of Finance and Budget ( Feb. 2002 – September 2004 ), Secretary of Finance ( Oct. 2004 – Jan 2006 ), Secretary of Finance ( Jan 2010 – present ).

In the United States, the finance minister is called the Secretary of the Treasury, though there is a separate Treasurer of the United States, and it is the director of the Office of Management and Budget who drafts the budget.

Johnson was also responsible for the White Paper Building Trust in Statistics As Economic Secretary she supported the EU action against money laundering stating " Money laundering is a very serious offence, with the capacity to undermine financial markets and to corrupt professional advisers " Following the 2000 Budget Johnson, whilst speaking to NPI Conference, commented " in the Budget three weeks ago now, this Government took the next steps towards our ambition for a Britain of opportunity and security not just for a few but for all, with prosperity reaching the people and places the economy has too long forgotten .".

* Leon Panetta, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) Obama Administration, Former White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton, Former Director, United States Office of Management and Budget, Former Member of U. S. Congress, 17th District

The United States Department of State seized the opportunity to review US strategic policy and military programs, overcoming opposition from Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and his allies in the Bureau of the Budget.

* Secretary of State for Budget: September – November 1948

Shortly thereafter Scarlett resigned to join the Bush administration as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget at the Department of Interior.

Secretary of State for Budget: May 1974-1977

* Timothy M. Barnicle ’ 66: Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy and Budget and for Employment and Training

He later served as U. S. deputy postmaster general from 1955 – 1957 ; deputy director Bureau of the Budget ( as OMB was known before 1970 ) 1957 – 1958, director of the Bureau of the Budget 1958 – 1961 ; Secretary of Commerce 1969 – 1972.

President George W. Bush gestures as he addresses his remarks to the media in Camp David, following a meeting with his economic advisors, from left to right, Edward P. Lazear, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors ; Rob Portman, director of the Office of Management and Budget ; U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao ; Vice President Dick Cheney ; U. S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson ; U. S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez ; U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Allan Hubbard ( Presidential advisor ) | Allan Hubbard, director of the United States National Economic Council | National Economic Council.

Krulak's staff assignments included: operations officer, 2nd Battalion 9th Marines ( 1977 – 1978 ); chief of the Combat Arms Monitor Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. ( 1978 – 1979 ); executive assistant to the Director of Personnel Management, Headquarters Marine Corps ( 1979 – 1981 ); Plans Office, Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii ( 1982 – 1983 ); executive officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; assistant chief of staff, maritime pre-positioning ships, 1st MEB ; assistant chief of staff for operations, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ; and the military assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

* United States Deputy Secretary of State: The Deputy Secretary ( with the Chief of Staff, Executive Secretariat, and the Undersecretary for Management ) assists the Secretary in the overall management of the department.

* Under Secretary of State for Management: The principal adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on matters relating to the allocation and use of Department's budget, physical property, and personnel.

* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management ( OASAM )

*** Assistant Secretary for Management

** Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement, Security, and Emergency Management ( DAS-LESEM )

The Administrator for Federal Emergency Management reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. In March 2003, FEMA joined 22 other federal agencies, programs and offices in becoming the Department of Homeland Security.

* Victor M. Longstreet, U. S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Financial Management ), 1962 – 65

The CFO Act also established the CFO Council, chair by the OMB Deputy Director for Management and including the CFOs and Deputy CFOs of 23 federal agencies, the OFFM controller, and the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, the head of the Office of Fiscal Service of the Department of the Treasury.

Raised in Eastpointe, Douglas A. Brook ( b. 1944 ) was United States Assistant Secretary of the Army ( Financial Management and Comptroller ) from 1990 to 1992 and Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Financial Management and Comptroller ) from 2007 to 2009.

Organized by governmental sectors of City Council, City Management, City Secretary, and several City Departments, Corpus Christi is seated in Nueces County.

The 39-story Secretariat tower houses offices for the Secretary General, the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Office of Disarmament Affairs, and the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management ( DGACM ).

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She became a U. S. Senator from New York in 2001 and is currently the Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

The viceregal household aids the governor in the execution of the royal constitutional and ceremonial duties and is managed by the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor, currently held by Noel Campbell.

It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, currently Tarcisio Bertone, and performs all the political and diplomatic functions of Vatican City and the Holy See.

It is currently composed by a president, nominated by the Council of MInisters, several ex officio councilors — former prime ministers of Spain, directors or presidents of the Royal Spanish Academy, the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, the Royal Academy of History, the Social and Economic Council, the Attorney General of the State, the Chief of Staff, the governor of the Bank of Spain, the Director of the Juridical Service of the State, and the presidents of the General Commission of Codification and Law — several permanent councilors, appointed by decree, and no more than ten elected councilors in addition to the Council's Secretary General.

Like virtually all governing institutions in mainland China, the politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system, in which the Communist Party Chief, officially termed the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary ( currently Yu Zhengsheng ), outranks the Mayor ( currently Han Zheng ).

The Lord Chancellor's Department was replaced with a Ministry of Justice and the Lord Chancellor currently serves in the position of Secretary of State for Justice.

Poltava's government consists of the 50-member Poltava City Council () which is headed by the Secretary ( currently Oleksandr Kozub ).

Captain Lloyd Mustin II is currently serving as Commanding Officer of the Detachment supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs.

Only the Secretary of Defense ( or the President ) can authorize the transfer of operational control of forces between the three Military Departments ( Departments of the Army, Navy & Air Force ) and the currently nine Combatant Commands ( Africa Command, Central Command, European Command, Northern Command, Pacific Command, Southern Command, Special Operations Command, Strategic Command, Transportation Command ), and between the Combatant Commands.

The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly abbreviated to " Foreign Secretary " ( currently William Hague ).

She currently plays the lead role on USA Network's Political Animals as Elaine Barrish, a divorced former First Lady and Governor of Illinois, as well as the current Secretary of State.

Thomas James " Tom " Vilsack (; born December 13, 1950 ) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and currently the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture.

* Secretary of State, currently John P. McDonough, Esq.

* Secretary of Aging, currently Gloria G. Lawlah

* Secretary of Agriculture, currently Earl F. ( Buddy ) Hance

* Secretary of Business and Economic Development, currently Christian S. Johansson

* Secretary of Disabilities, currently Catherine A. Raggio

* Secretary of Environment, currently Shari T. Wilson

* Secretary of General Services, currently Alvin C. Collins

* Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, currently John M. Colmers

* Secretary of Housing and Community Development, currently Raymond A. Skinner

* Secretary of Human Resources, currently Theodore Dallas