Secretary of State
noun phrase
1
: the head of the U.S. government department that is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries
2
: the head of one of several important departments of the British government
the Secretary of State for Home Affairs
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Trump has said publicly that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is having discussions with the Cuban government and the regime wants to make a deal.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
In all, 67,401 votes were cast in the district's Democratic primary, according to the Texas Secretary of State's Office.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
The United States’s ouster of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela – a former major supplier of oil to Cuba – tipped the scales for potential regime change in Cuba, which has long been a goal of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose family fled the communist state for Florida.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Mar. 2026
It was designed by Illinois Secretary of State Sharon Tyndale and that office remains the keeper of the seal.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
In all, 67,401 votes were cast in the district's Democratic primary, according to the Texas Secretary of State's Office.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
The United States’s ouster of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela – a former major supplier of oil to Cuba – tipped the scales for potential regime change in Cuba, which has long been a goal of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose family fled the communist state for Florida.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Mar. 2026
It was designed by Illinois Secretary of State Sharon Tyndale and that office remains the keeper of the seal.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Secretary of State.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Secretary%20of%20State. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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