#depart

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries. ↗

— Ed Royce

#department #elements #idea #influence #mantra

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#civilian #commander-in-chief #control #country #defense

It's a new day at the Department of Interior, and we need to examine what makes the most sense for the American people. These are American resources and American treasures, and we need to make sure we're providing the right kind of protection, oversight and stewardship of these resources for the American people. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#american #american people #day #department #examine

I made it about a three-day weekend so people wouldn't have to change their clothes a lot. We didn't have an art department; we didn't have a make-up department. ↗

— John Sayles

#art #change #clothes #department #i

There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And Roger had produced 1,000 movies and directed a couple of hundred, and their comments were always very, very specific. ↗

— John Sayles

#comments #couple #department #directed #fifteen

The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#best #better #better job #care #defense

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman. ↗

— George Stigler

#chairman #college #department #iowa #schultz

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#complete #condition #department #doctors #felt

When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there. ↗

— Darrell Hammond

#department #director #florida #health #home

I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department. ↗

— Joseph R. McCarthy

#communist #communist party #department #five #hand