Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an administrative position below cabinet level.
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- adjective Of, being, or pertaining to an administrative level below
cabinet level.
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Examples
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Though only a political consultant, he thought nothing of calling subcabinet officers and, in the name of the president, demanding action on his pet policies.
Wild Card 2008
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Yesterday, for instance, there was a Deputies Committee meeting of the subcabinet heads of the relevant agencies to get a sense of how to conceive of the future contours of Iraq policy.
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Brown (D), chairman of the governor's subcabinet on BRAC.
BRAC boom at Andrews may have lesser impact in Prince George's Ovetta Wiggins 2010
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Brown (D), chairman of the governor's subcabinet on BRAC.
BRAC boom at Andrews may have lesser impact in Prince George's Ovetta Wiggins 2010
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Link: The Washington Post Post columnist Eugene Robinson revisits Sarah Palin's creation of a climate-change subcabinet while she was governor of Alaska: Palin mentioned having created the climate change unit in an op-ed she wrote last week for The Post.
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Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) just announced that his Senate Armed Services Committee will hold confirmation hearings next Thursday morning for the new Obama Pentagon subcabinet team.
And I Never Asked For The Truth But You Owe That To Me | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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I, for one, thing there should be some subcabinet officials in the Treasury Department confirmed by the Senate.
Matthew Yglesias » While Economy Burns, Jon Kyl Blocking Treasury Nominees Over Petty BS 2010
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More recently, the situation has been worsened by the difficulty of getting presidential nominees to cabinet and subcabinet positions approved and in place.
The Constitution Doesn't Mention Czars George P. Shultz 2011
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Are there acting subcabinet officials from the agency in place? rapier Says:
Matthew Yglesias » While Economy Burns, Jon Kyl Blocking Treasury Nominees Over Petty BS 2010
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The threat is also used to block subcabinet nominees for arcane reasons which are often not related to the nominees themselves, which raises seperation of powers issues as well. theAmericanist Says:
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