âused to express mild disappointment, gentle entreaty, or real or mock sympathy or sentiment.
The Secretary carries out the President's foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service, and U.S. Agency for International Development. On February 1, 2013, John Kerry was sworn in as the 68th Secretary of State of the United States.
secretary of defense to remain in that position under a new president. On Gates' last day in office, Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor. Before becoming secretary of defense, Gates was the president of Texas A&M. University, the nation's seventh largest university. Prior to assuming the Texas A&M presidency, he served as interim dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas. A&M from 1999 to 2001. A native of Kansas, Gates received his bachelor's degree from the College of William and. Mary, his master's degree in history from Indiana University and his doctorate in Russian and. Soviet history from Georgetown University.