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    secretary of state

    US /ˈsɛkrɪˌtɛri ʌv stet/

    ・

    UK /ˈsekrətəri ɔv steit/

    A1
    n.NounA senior official in the federal government of the United States heading the Department of State, responsible for foreign policy.
    The Secretary of State is responsible for foreign affairs.
    n.NounA senior government minister in the United Kingdom heading a major department of state.
    The Secretary of State for Education announced new policies.

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    The First Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump (Full Debate) | NBC News

    38:58The First Presidential Debate: Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump (Full Debate) | NBC News
    • Here we have the multibillionaire, the former First Lady Secretary of State and U.S.

      Here we have the multibillionaire, the former First Lady Secretary of State and U.S.

    • SECRETARY OF STATE,

      SECRETARY OF STATE,

    B1

    How China’s ‘Firewater’ Became the World’s Most Valuable Liquor Brand | WSJ The Economics Of

    08:09How China’s ‘Firewater’ Became the World’s Most Valuable Liquor Brand | WSJ The Economics Of
    • Two years later, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met Zhou and said, "If we drink enough Moutai, we can solve anything." Because of the fact that it's been at so many historical moments, so the brand awareness of Moutai is, like, top-notch, which also explains why it's a status symbol.

      Two years later, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met Zhou and said, "If we drink enough Moutai, we can solve anything." Because of the fact that it's been at so many historical moments, so the brand awareness of Moutai is, like, top-notch, which also explains why it's a status symbol.

    • Two years later, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

      Two years later, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

    B1

    The Trump investigations you should actually care about

    06:35The Trump investigations you should actually care about
    • There is a phone call between Donald Trump and Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State of Georgia,

      There is a phone call between Donald Trump and Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State of Georgia,

    • and Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State of Georgia.

      and Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State of Georgia.

    B2

    Elon Musk makes surprise visit to China: Here's what to know

    04:13Elon Musk makes surprise visit to China: Here's what to know
    • You know, it probably isn't as much of a cloud as one might think, at least based on the reaction that we saw from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit with President Xi, because Blinken said that TikTok didn't even come up in their conversations.

      You know, it probably isn't as much of a cloud as one might think, at least based on the reaction that we saw from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit with President Xi, because Blinken said that TikTok didn't even come up in their conversations.

    • SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY

      SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY

    B1

    Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News

    36:00Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News
    • WAS SECRETARY OF STATE, NOT

      WAS SECRETARY OF STATE, NOT

    B1

    Watch tense Oval Office argument between Zelensky, Trump and Vance

    10:42Watch tense Oval Office argument between Zelensky, Trump and Vance
    • It's the top Ukrainian advisers, the secretary of state to President Trump, the treasury secretary, Vice President Vance, obviously, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States had her head buried in her hands as this shouting match was going on between the three of them.

      It's the top Ukrainian advisers, the secretary of state to President Trump, the treasury secretary, Vice President Vance, obviously, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States had her head buried in her hands as this shouting match was going on between the three of them.

    • It's the top Ukrainian advisors, the Secretary of State to President Trump, the Treasury Secretary, Vice President Vance, obviously.

      It's the top Ukrainian advisors, the Secretary of State to President Trump, the Treasury Secretary, Vice President Vance, obviously.

    B1

    Mike Waltz to leave national security adviser role, US media reports | BBC News

    09:03Mike Waltz to leave national security adviser role, US media reports | BBC News
    • There you see it on the screen CBS our partner in America reporting that in terms of sources talking to them and let's speak to Tom Bateman our State Department correspondent and Tom let me start by asking you about this breaking news we'll come to that resources deal a little later but these are the first casualties of this Trump administration for people who perhaps don't know some of the background just remind people about that whole huge controversy around the signal chat group yeah absolutely and first of all to let you know that the White House being asked about this as you would imagine at the moment saying that it won't comment on reports from anonymous sources but as you say our colleagues at CBS quoting several sources saying that Mike Waltz and Alex Wong will leave their positions today and as you say that would be a highly significant moment the first to leave their posts in any senior official position in this second Trump administration now as for Mike Waltz it's it's interesting that we've heard a lot less from him publicly he's been a lot less publicly visible over the last few weeks having gone from a position of really high visibility in the administration I mean I remember being in the room as a group of journalists interviewed him and Marco Rubio the Secretary of State in Saudi Arabia when the administration had just met the Russians the first meeting between the minister of the US administration and the Russians in quite a significant amount of time so he was at the highest profile levels of foreign policy for the administration and then we had March which was that signal chat that was set up by Mike Waltz the National Security Advisor included several high-level officials in that and others working for them and he had mistakenly included Jeffrey Goldberg the editor of the Atlantic magazine who then broke the story about how this signal chat had been set up in which Pete Hegseth the Defense Secretary shared what the administration denied was classified information but was clearly attack plans for the bombing of Houthi positions in Yemen but not only that row about classified information being used on a commercial chat application at the most senior levels of the US administration but also sort of deeply embarrassing internal discussions between the members of the administration about first of all whether they wanted to go ahead with this plan to bomb the Houthis because some members of the administration particularly J.D.

      There you see it on the screen CBS our partner in America reporting that in terms of sources talking to them and let's speak to Tom Bateman our State Department correspondent and Tom let me start by asking you about this breaking news we'll come to that resources deal a little later but these are the first casualties of this Trump administration for people who perhaps don't know some of the background just remind people about that whole huge controversy around the signal chat group yeah absolutely and first of all to let you know that the White House being asked about this as you would imagine at the moment saying that it won't comment on reports from anonymous sources but as you say our colleagues at CBS quoting several sources saying that Mike Waltz and Alex Wong will leave their positions today and as you say that would be a highly significant moment the first to leave their posts in any senior official position in this second Trump administration now as for Mike Waltz it's it's interesting that we've heard a lot less from him publicly he's been a lot less publicly visible over the last few weeks having gone from a position of really high visibility in the administration I mean I remember being in the room as a group of journalists interviewed him and Marco Rubio the Secretary of State in Saudi Arabia when the administration had just met the Russians the first meeting between the minister of the US administration and the Russians in quite a significant amount of time so he was at the highest profile levels of foreign policy for the administration and then we had March which was that signal chat that was set up by Mike Waltz the National Security Advisor included several high-level officials in that and others working for them and he had mistakenly included Jeffrey Goldberg the editor of the Atlantic magazine who then broke the story about how this signal chat had been set up in which Pete Hegseth the Defense Secretary shared what the administration denied was classified information but was clearly attack plans for the bombing of Houthi positions in Yemen but not only that row about classified information being used on a commercial chat application at the most senior levels of the US administration but also sort of deeply embarrassing internal discussions between the members of the administration about first of all whether they wanted to go ahead with this plan to bomb the Houthis because some members of the administration particularly J.D.

    • I mean, I remember being in the room, uh, as a group of journalists interviewed him and Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, uh, in, uh, Saudi Arabia when the administration had just met the Russians, the first meeting between the administra the, uh, US administration and the Russians in quite a significant amount of time.

      I mean, I remember being in the room, uh, as a group of journalists interviewed him and Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, uh, in, uh, Saudi Arabia when the administration had just met the Russians, the first meeting between the administra the, uh, US administration and the Russians in quite a significant amount of time.

    B1

    Israel strikes Syria's military HQ in Damascus | BBC News

    07:56Israel strikes Syria's military HQ in Damascus | BBC News
    • So very much a holding statement from the U.S. Secretary of State.

      So very much a holding statement from the U.S. Secretary of State.

    • And as Lina was talking about the wider politics, of course, uh, the US president has made moves to get closer and to reestablish ties with Syria's new leader, Marco Rubio, just in the last few minutes, uh, on these Israeli strikes saying, quote, "Hopefully, we'll have some updates on the situation a little later." So very much a holding statement from the US Secretary of State.

      And as Lina was talking about the wider politics, of course, uh, the US president has made moves to get closer and to reestablish ties with Syria's new leader, Marco Rubio, just in the last few minutes, uh, on these Israeli strikes saying, quote, "Hopefully, we'll have some updates on the situation a little later." So very much a holding statement from the US Secretary of State.

    B1

    中英對照大字版 | 白宮最年輕發言人首場記者會:應對非法移民與DeepSeek崛起 | 英語超長句+超快語速挑戰

    16:37中英對照大字版 | 白宮最年輕發言人首場記者會:應對非法移民與DeepSeek崛起 | 英語超長句+超快語速挑戰
    • The Senate has already confirmed five of President Trump's exceptional cabinet nominees, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Treasury Secretary Scott Besant.

      The Senate has already confirmed five of President Trump's exceptional cabinet nominees, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Treasury Secretary Scott Besant.

    • The Senate has already confirmed five of President Trump's exceptional cabinet nominees: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome, and

      The Senate has already confirmed five of President Trump's exceptional cabinet nominees: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome, and

    B1

    Employee or the boss? More Republicans 'nervous' about Trump's 'hatchet man' Musk

    12:16Employee or the boss? More Republicans 'nervous' about Trump's 'hatchet man' Musk
    • And that's when you take a look at somebody like Marco Rubio, who's now the Secretary of State.

      And that's when you take a look at somebody like Marco Rubio, who's now the Secretary of State.

    • And Basil, you take a look at somebody like Marco Rubio, who's now the Secretary of State.

      And Basil, you take a look at somebody like Marco Rubio, who's now the Secretary of State.

    B2