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Meanings of secretary of war in English

Head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947.

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Examples for "War Secretary"
Examples for "War Secretary"
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Stanton is making the most efficient War Secretary we have ever had.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
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I want my planners and my officers and my War Secretary to hear this.
The half-made world
3
Benjamin became Secretary of War , in succession to the first War Secretary, Leroy P. Walker.
The Day of the Confederacy: A Chronicle of the Embattled South
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In September he became War Secretary, with a seat in the Whig Cabinet under Lord Melbourne.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers / Dr Lord's U...
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Next day I talked to the War Secretary.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
Usage of secretary of war in English
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Which outranks, the secretary of war or the general of the army?
Studies in Civics
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Soon afterward Humphreys submitted his report to the secretary of war.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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The interviews were brief and disagreeable and the secretary of war very brusque.
My Memories of Eighty Years
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The hospitable Lincoln and his demanding secretary of war became a formidable team.
A. lincoln: a biography
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Stimson is our secretary of war, Mrs. Roosevelt explained to me.
Beautiful assassin
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He selected his secretary of war and most intimate friend, William Howard Taft.
My Memories of Eighty Years
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The letter did not include any recognition of Cameron's service as secretary of war.
A. lincoln: a biography
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Newton Baker hadn't really wanted to be secretary of war.
The original curse: did the cubs throw the 1918 world series to ...
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The extracts here quoted from the letter of the assistant secretary of war C.A.
Heroes of the Great Conflict; Life and Services of William Farra...
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The assistant secretary of war read it carefully before nodding.
American empire: blood and iron
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But it would be necessary to obtain the consent of the secretary of war.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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After half an hour he summoned his secretary of war.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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This report preceded the resignation of the secretary of war but a few days.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 / Commander in Chief of th...
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Harrison, offended at General Armstrong, the secretary of war, resigns
Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established
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Henry Knox, the first secretary of war, was charged with building the first American fleet.
Wired
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As minister of munitions, he had no authority to exceed the secretary of war's request.
The gun