On SEPTEMBER 21st 1809, the British secretary of state for war and the secretary of state for foreign affairs met on Putney Heath near London to fight a duel.

1809年9月21日，英国陆军大臣和外交大臣在伦敦附近的普特尼西斯相逢，展开决斗。

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Secretary of State John Kerry is urging NATO to prepare for the possibility that Syria will use chemical weapons in its civil war.

国务卿约翰·克里敦促北约组织为叙利亚可能在内战中使用化学武器准备应对措施。

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With the North Atlantic Treaty Organization facing divisions over the war in Afghanistan and advanced economies struggling for a united approach on climate change, the Secretary of State urged alliance states to again summon the resolve and idealism that won the Cold War.

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Political sex shenanigans as tabloid fodder date back to at least 1963, when Britain's Secretary of State for War John Profumo attempted to cover up his affair with a showgirl, who had also been cavorting with a Soviet intelligence officer.

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John Warner of Virginia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and provide information on the intelligence, including the basis for Secretary of State Colin Powell's pre-war presentation to the United Nations.

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William Bundy, the circle's epitome, perhaps could never quite forgive Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, for being credited with ending the Vietnam war, albeit in a Communist victory.

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