#Secretary of STate

[simply-ivanka]

Indict. Prosecute. Incarcerate.

Zero tolerance for government officials manipulation of media, facts and public information.

[dadsinsuits]

Chuck Hagel

[sw1tchbackli]

America, meet your new Secretary of State. Congratulations Marco Rubio 🇺🇸🇮🇱

[hillary-fangirl]

Can't believe this happened.. But this was long overdue

Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee Hillary Rodham Clinton ✨💗

An Icon. A Trailblazer. An Inspiration

[deadpresidents]

"Everyone was calling everyone. I was honored to call one of the family members of the 9/11 victims; I called the House Homeland Security Committee and [Secretary of Homeland Security] Janet Napolitano. While I was in the Situation Room, I overheard one of the White House operations, saying [on the phone], 'Oh, I'm so sorry -- I didn't know you didn't work for President Clinton anymore. Do you know where I can reach him?' President Obama was calling his predecessors, George W. Bush and President Clinton. The operator is trying to find President Clinton. I looked at him and I said, 'Hold on one minute.' And I stepped back into the main room, [Secretary of State] Hillary [Clinton] was there, and I said, 'Madam Secretary, I'm really sorry to bother you, but do you have your husband's phone number?'

-- Mike Leiter, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, on the immediate aftermath of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. President Obama was trying to get in touch with his immediate predecessors to notify them about the successful special forces operation and bin Laden's death, but there was some trouble finding contact information for former President Bill Clinton until Leiter realized he could simply ask Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the former President's phone number.

[nando161mando]

Meet the new Secretary of State

[shitspawn]

[watchoutpaul-hemightkickyourhead]

not putting michie on here bc I want a fair fight lol

[gwydionmisha]

Help Barbara Phifer beat Denny Hoskins in Missouri

[18thcentury]

Jefferson last Sunday June 9th

and Hamilton today June 14th.

[readyforevolution]

The state has put targets on the backs of left-wing independent media outlets it identifies as subversive. African Stream has been accused of being a Russian puppet in an age-old pattern of using Red Scare-style propaganda to manufacture consent for the continued crackdown on journalism and freedom of speech.

[dadsinsuits]

John Kerry

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Nick Visser at HuffPost:

President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to name Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as his secretary of state, The New York Times and Reuters reported Monday night. The Times, citing people familiar with Trump’s plans, said his decision could still change but appears to have firmed up after he considered naming Rubio his running mate before settling on Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). Rubio was a fierce and loyal backer of Trump during the 2024 campaign. If confirmed, he will be the first Latino to serve in the role. Rubio would enter the Trump administration with a full plate as the U.S. continues to deal with crises in Ukraine and Israel. The senator told NBC in September that the only way Russia’s war with Ukraine will end would be a “negotiated settlement.” And he voted against military aid package to help the besieged nation in April, Reuters noted.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) is set to tapped as the Secretary of State for Don The Con’s 2nd term.

This will result in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) making an appointment to fill the seat until a 2026 midterm special election to serve the remainder of Rubio’s term.

[hillary-fangirl]

I am loving every photo coming out of this evening 💗this is so cute

[deadpresidents]

How many presidents served in the cabinet of another president?

I'm not including anyone who served as Vice President because the Vice President hasn't always been a member of the Cabinet. It wasn't until the 20th Century, as the role of the Vice Presidency began to evolve and become more influential, that VPs became de facto Cabinet members in every Administration. Some early Vice Presidents had virtually no role in the Administrations they were elected to be a part of.

In the first 50 years of the Presidency, five of the first eight Presidents served as Secretary of State, and it appeared as if the State Department was the stepping stone to the White House. Three Presidents in a row (Madison, Monroe, and J.Q. Adams) were elected directly to the Presidency from the State Department, and ambitious Presidential contenders jockeyed to be appointed as Secretary of State in hopes that it would launch them into the White House, as well. However, a former Secretary of State has not won an election as President in 188 years.

Surprisingly, there have only been NINE Presidents who had experience serving in the Cabinet of another President, and there's an argument that the total is only eight since I'm including Ulysses S. Grant despite the fact that he was the Acting Secretary of War for part of President Andrew Johnson's Administration.

It has been nearly 100 years since a former Cabinet Secretary was elected to the White House.

•Thomas Jefferson: Secretary of State under President Washington (1790-1793) •James Madison: Secretary of State under President Jefferson (1801-1809) •James Monroe: Secretary of State under President Madison (1811-1817); Secretary of War under President Madison (1814-1815) •John Quincy Adams: Secretary of State under President Monroe (1817-1825) •Martin Van Buren: Secretary of State under President Jackson (1829-1831) •James Buchanan: Secretary of State under President Polk (1845-1849) •Ulysses S. Grant: Acting Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson (1867-1868) •William Howard Taft: Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt (1904-1908) •Herbert Hoover: Secretary of Commerce under President Harding & President Coolidge (1921-1928) *George H.W. Bush was Director of Central Intelligence under President Ford (1974-1977). While the DCI is a member of the National Security Council, it was only elevated to a Cabinet-level position under Presidents Trump and Biden.