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	United Kingdom (02/07)
		The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99%) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900.
		The United Kingdom maintains an embassy in the United States at 3100 Massachusetts Ave.
		The United Kingdom is one of the United States' closest allies, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm (4123 words)

	Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During a sede vacante, the former Secretary of State (the appointment expires when the pope dies or resigns) assumes some of the functions of the head of state as a part of a temporary commission.
		In the United States federal government, the main role of the Secretary of State is to supervise and conduct foreign policy.
		In the individual states of the United States, the Secretary of State is an administrative officer responsible for a variety of governmental functions, depending on the constitution and laws of the particular state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State (1227 words)

	Secretary of State (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department (though not all departments are headed by a Secretary of State, e.g.
		Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782)
		Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001; divided)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom) (1087 words)

	Secretary - Simple English Wikipedia
		Being a secretary is similar to being a "receptionist", an "administrative assistant", "office manager", or "executive assistant".
		In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a senior Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department.
		In the United States, the Secretary of State is in charge of dealing with other countries.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary (206 words)

	Disability Alliance UK (United Kingdom) - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v June Batty
		They also pointed out that drinks, unlike meals, cannot be limited to a once daily preparation, and if the claimant reasonably required several (possibly hot) drinks a day, then any attention necessary to ensure that they were able to consume the drinks would be relevant.
		The Secretary of State had appealed against this decision, the key argument being that help in carrying (as opposed to drinking) hot drinks did not count as attention.
		I take that to be the distinction intending by Lord Denning in Packer [R v NI Commissioner ex parte the Secretary of State for Social Services (1981) - published as an appendix to R(A)2/80], to which I have referred in the citation above.
	www.ggd12.dial.pipex.com /batty.htm (552 words)

	United Kingdom
		In the United Kingdom lindane is used mainly as an agricultural pesticide.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence is available from the World Health Organisation regarding the rates of breast cancer in countries where the use of lindane or gamma hexachlorocyclohexane is banned or restricted.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the effect of exposure to lindane gamma HCH or gamma BHC on pregnant women and their foetuses.
	www.headlice.org /lindane/_world/countries/uk.htm (940 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 14 July 1997
		Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he takes to ensure that the terms of the Geneva International Telecommunications conventions are complied with by (a) UK nationals involved in military activities and (b) US nationals based in the UK involved in military activities.
		Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what safeguards are in place to prevent American personnel based in the United Kingdom under the Visiting Forces Act 1952 committing offences under the Interception of Communications Act 1985; and what mechanisms are in place to detect any such offences.[7619] Dr.
		Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provisions exist for (a) the UK Government and (b) UK nationals to secure compensation for damage or losses caused by US personnel based in the UK who are on duty.[7631] Dr.
	www.fas.org /irp/facility/menwith/970714.htm (1266 words)

	United Kingdom (DFID) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		During her visit, the Secretary of State will meet with His Excellency the President and other members of the Government and Parliament as well as members of civil society and the diplomatic community.
		DFID is supporting programmes and projects in the areas of rural and social development, education, gender, governance institutions and economic reforms, some of which the Secretary of State will visit.
		The Secretary of State will review with the Government, the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda on a 10-year development partnership to support Rwanda's National Development Vision.
	www.gov.rw /economy/united_kingdom_(dfid).htm (1684 words)

	The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon meets with Secretary Rumsfeld in the Pentagon. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon meets with Secretary Rumsfeld in the Pentagon.
		The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon (right) meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (foreground) in the Pentagon on Jan. 7, 2004.
		Also participating in the talks on the British side are Hoon's secretary Chris Baker (left), and Deputy Chief of mission at the British Embassy Tony Brenton (center).
	www.defenselink.mil /photos/Jan2004/040107-D-9880W-016.html (90 words)

	Remarks by Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, at the opening ceremony of the Third Caribbean-UK Forum, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is a particular pleasure to extend a special welcome to the United Kingdom Delegation, and in doing so, I hope you will understand if I were to extend a very special welcome to the Premier of Bermuda, the Hon.
		Secretary of State, I hope that your Delegation's journey here, and that of our Caribbean Representatives travelling from London, has not been too arduous and that you will all find it possible to find some time to savour the beauty and delights of Guyana.
		We are all painfully aware however that this meeting is taking place at a time of mourning throughout the United Kingdom and beyond on the passing of Her Majesty the Queen Mother.
	www.caricom.org /jsp/pressreleases/pres43_02.htm (538 words)

	DoD News: DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense Reid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense John Reid
		He was a great friend of the United Kingdom, and I think the presence here of Lady Thatcher testified to just how much we thought of his contribution towards that relationship which Secretary Rumsfeld just referred to.
		Secretary, what impact do you believe the failure of the Iraqis to stand up their government will have on the military's plans to at least consider some sort of new plans for troop levels in the coming year?
	www.defense.gov /transcripts/2006/tr20060406-12773.html (2874 words)

	United Kingdom - CMO - Factpage
		The Minister of State for the Armed Forces is Adam Ingram MP The Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Defence Procurement is Lord William Stephen Goulden Bach
		The Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans is Ivor Caplin MP
		The Chief of the Defence Staff is General Sir Micheal Walker whose job is to be the professional head of the UK Armed Forces and the principal military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Government.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~chaseton/factpage.htm (385 words)

	Briefing by U.S. Secretary of Defense Cohen and U.K. Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson on the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Briefing by U.S. Secretary of Defense Cohen and U.K. Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson on the Indian-Pakistan Nuclear Tests, June 3, 1998
		Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson, the United Kingdom
		What concrete steps could be taken by the United States, Britain and other countries to ease the Kashmir...
	www.clw.org /archive/coalition/usuk0603.htm (551 words)

	Telegram from Secretary of State Dulles on Conversation with Anthony Eden about Indochina, 25 April 1954
		He said that the United Kingdom is strongly opposed to any intervention at Dien Bien Phu because it does not think it will have decisive effect and will not be understood by United Kingdom or free world opinion.
		In summary the British position is as follows: (1) The United Kingdom is prepared now to join with the United States in a secret study of measures which might be taken to defend Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia if the French capitulate.
		In essence the United Kingdom was asking the French to negotiate and at the same time telling them that if the negotiation failed that they would be glad to examine what could be done.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/pentagon/doc36.htm (713 words)

	UK Outer Space Act
		An Act to confer licensing and other powers on the Secretary' of State to secure compliance with the international obligations of the United Kingdom with respect to the launching and operation of space objects and the carrying on of other activities in outer space by persons connected with this country.
		(3) The Secretary of State may by order except other person or activities from the requirement of a license if he is satisfied that the requirement is not necessary to secure compliance with the international obligations of the United Kingdom.
		(4) Proceedings for an offence committed outside the United Kingdom may be taken, and the offence may for incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.
	mansat.net /uk_outer_space_act.htm (2089 words)

	PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED KINGDOM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
		It was because of Saddam’s regime, and not British boundaries, that Iraq had been drawn backwards and into a flagrant breach of United Nations resolutions. As a permanent member of the Security Council, his country had a fundamental responsibility for ensuring peace and security.
		At present, he said the situation was very serious. Those meetings would not be taking place now in early March if Saddam had recognized the seriousness of the resolution of 8 November 2002, instead of telling fibs and recycling old documents.
		The choice, he added, was about the future authority of the United Nations. It was in the interest of every single member of the Security Council to take the choice he had suggested.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2003/UKPressCfc.doc.htm (628 words)

	US Dept of State - United Kingdom Joins Arctic Environmental Cooperation
		Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment Raymond F. DuBois will represent the United States at the multi-national principals meeting for the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC), June 26-27, at the Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich, United Kingdom.
		A highlight of the meeting will be the formal induction of the United Kingdom into the Cooperation, joining current member countries Norway, Russia, and the United States.
		Other AMEC principals expected to attend include Gunnar Heloe, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and acting Norwegian principal, and Maj. Gen.
	usinfo.state.gov /gi/Archive/2003/Jun/27-824046.html (515 words)

	Declassified Documents on British Guiana
		During the late 1950s, the United States Government became increasingly concerned over the political and economic policies of the PPP Government led by Dr. Cheddi Jagan, even though the Government was freely elected by the people of Guyana.
		Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
		The Acting Secretary agrees with the Bureau of European Affairs' request that the responsibility for the preparation of recommendations on British Guiana be transferred from the Task Force on Cuba to the committee on which you both serve.
	www.guyana.org /govt/declassified_documents.html (13463 words)

	US Department of State - Home Page
		Secretary Rice (July 11): "I thank all the countries and institutions that are represented here and for the commitment to democracy in Africa, in the Americas, and in the world.
		Secretary Rice (July 9): "We in the Americas, in all our diversity, are truly an alliance of peoples....What also binds us together is the promise that we carry with us.
		It is the revolutionary promise that life in the Americas would represent an opportunity for all people--regardless of class or culture, race or religion, blood or birth--to break with the past and begin life anew: to replace poverty with prosperity, injustice with dignity, and oppression with freedom." Full Text
	www.state.gov (488 words)

	The Henry L. Stimson Center - Joint Statement on Biological Weapons by the Governments of the United Kingdom, the ...
		Senior officials of the Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Russian Federation met in Moscow on 10 and 11 September to address concerns with regard to compliance with the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
		The US Delegation was led by Under Secretary of State, Frank G. Wisner, the United Kingdom Delegation by Assistant Under Secretary of State, Paul Lever, and the Russian delegation by the Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Berdennikov.
		The leaders of the United Kingdom and United States delegations were received by the Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei Kozyrev.
	www.stimson.org /?SN=CB20011221162 (831 words)

	Boys & Girls Clubs of America
		National Youth of Year Mieasha Hicks, from Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo, Ohio, and Oklahoma State Youth of the Year Michael Goodman, from Tinker Air Force Base Boys and Girls Club, shadowed British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw.
		Secretary Powell is a former BGCA governor and one of the organization’s most prominent supporters.
		Secretary Powell and former U.K. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook initiated the exchange program in February 2001.
	www.bgca.org /connections/04_fall/story2.html (444 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 24 Feb 1997 (pt 31)
		Soames: The Secretary of State for Defence retains the Crown freehold of RAF
		Bases are made available to the United States authorities by Her Majesty's Government under arrangements that exist for our mutual defence.
		Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those security of tenure or lease agreements made with the United States Government relating to bases in the United Kingdom which are currently in force.
	www.fas.org /irp/facility/menwith/970224.htm (569 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Atlantic Conference
		The Atlantic Conference : Telegram - The Secretary of State to the Ambassador In the United Kingdom (Winant)
		The Secretary of State to the Ambassador In the United Kingdom (Winant):
		Your 4038, September 2, midnight (1) The memorandum referred to (2) was given to the British Embassy here prior to Lord Halifax's departure for London.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/atlantic/at14.htm (100 words)

	Sherraden Addresses World Groups Links_SP02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Michael Sherraden (left), the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and director of GWB's Center for Social Development, and Alistair Darling, secretary of state for work and pensions in the United Kingdom, addressed asset-based policy at the annual meeting of the Labour Party.
		He and Alistair Darling, secretary of state for work and pensions, presented "Toward a Universal and Progressive Asset-Based Domestic Policy." This presentation revolved around developing and maintaining asset-based policies in the United States and the United Kingdom.
		While in the United Kingdom, Sherraden also consulted on asset-based policy with Ruth Kelly, economic secretary to the treasury.
	gwbweb.wustl.edu /links/SP02/sherraden.html (449 words)

	Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson inspect a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson inspect a joint services honor guard.
		Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson (right) inspect the joint services honor guard during welcoming ceremonies for Robertson at the Pentagon on June 3, 1998.
		Escorting Cohen and Robertson is the Commander of Troops for the Ceremony Col. Gregory Gardner (center), U.S. Army.
	www.defenselink.mil /photos/Jun1998/980603-D-9880W-028.html (109 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Treaties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The responsibility for concluding treaties involving the United Kingdom lies with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
		The FCO is responsible for Foreign and Commonwealth policy aspects of all treaties, as well as dealing with questions of form, practice and procedure.
		Registration with the United Nations of UK treaties in force.
	www.fco.gov.uk /directory/treaty.asp (223 words)

	Powell to Visit Brussels and London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Secretary of State Colin Powell will hold meetings in Brussels November 18 with his European counterparts and then travel on to London for President Bush's state visit to the United Kingdom.
		SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN L. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will travel to Brussels and London from November 17-21.
		Secretary Powell will then travel to London to join President Bush for his State Visit to the United Kingdom.
	www.useu.be /TransAtlantic/Nov1203PowellBrussels.html (95 words)

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