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Position: Secretary - State

The secretary is the president's foreign policy adviser. The incumbent is responsible for coordination among various agencies in developing and implementing foreign policy; leading and coordinating U.S. representation abroad; conveying U.S. foreign policy to foreign governments and international organizations through U.S. embassies and consulates in foreign countries and diplomatic missions to international organizations; conducting negotiations and concluding agreements and treaties on issues ranging from trade to nuclear weapons; and coordinating and supporting international activities of other U.S. agencies and officials

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

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The State Department will:

Make sure that the State Department, and not the Pentagon or the CIA is the prime agency for our foreign policy;

Work for much greater funding for international development aid, not the arms trade;

Help the US to be a good global citizen, recognizing the dignity of every person and every country, not throwing our weight around but acting cooperatively, using our tremendous resources to connect with and peacefully aid others:

Use our good offices to promote peaceful relations, de-militarizing conflicts, promoting justice, democratic rights, equality and fairness;

See that we act whenever possible to strengthen rather than weaken, international institutions such as the UN;

Work to restore funding and support for international cultural and educational exchanges;

Promote access of foreign scholars to our educational institutions;

Remember that the USA is a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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    Civil rights leader and former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young talks to students and faculty of Flagler College at the school on Friday. Young has decided to transfer archival material from his film about the civil rights movement in St. Augustine 'Crossing in St. Augustine' to the college. By PETER WILLOTT, peter.willott@staugustine.com
  • Fundraising for Andrew Young
    Roberta Schrum stops North County football fans to ask fordonations for the Andrew Young Benefit Fund during the first homegame of the season Friday night.
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    “He not only has a successful marriage going for him and some wonderful children but his new movie is a big hit.” “There’s another culture in L.A. that I don’t understand,” Young said. “Most people in Los Angeles would wonder why he was stopped … I don’t know why they should have been stopped ...
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  • Exhibit explores Tom Dent's journey
    The Amistad Research Center will unveil a new exhibit, “Tom Dent: A Heavy Trip Through The South,” Wednesday, dedicated to journalist, poet and former Jazz & Heritage Foundation executive director Tom Dent, for whom the NOJHF’s Congo Square lecture...
  • Actor/rapper T.I. arrested for possession of methamphetamines; Letterman blackmailer released from jail
    Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young jumped to the defense of T.I. after the Grammy winner and his wife, Tameka Cottle, were arrested on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the rapper finished a prison stint on weapons charges.
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    SPRING CREEK -The Elko boys soccer team didn't waste any time announcing its presence in the Humboldt League.
  • Labor pain: Unions buffeted by recession
    Economy strains union organizing, bargaining efforts In April 2009, the Easton Area School District asked its teachers union to re-open its contract to make wage and benefits concessions, or face layoffs.
  • T.I. and Tameka Cottle's Latest Arrest Allegedly Racially Motivated
    The opinion was thrown by former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young has worked with the rapper since his jail release ealier this year.
  • Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges
    LOS ANGELES - Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who is still on probation after spending time behind bars on gun charges, was arrested along with his wife on drug charges after police smelled alleged marijuana coming from their car, authorities said.
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