... senator in Georgia after a new senatorial district was created during legislative reapportionment. He served two consecutive years as a Georgia state senator, during which time he built a strong record of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism, however, he was particularly interested in improving education. In 1966, he sought the position of governor of Georgia, but ran third in the Democratic primary. Carter ... presidential yacht and eliminated some of the ceremonial trappings of the presidency. In the area of foreign affairs, Jimmy Carter undertook to establish human rights as a pri...

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The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense that has the unique responsibility of exercising policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal, and program evaluation responsibilities. The office also includes subordinate offices; including the immediate offices of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Under Secretaries of Defense, Director of Defense Research ... of subordinate offices create myriad responsibilities. Mr. Schlesinger does give an overarching definition of the primary responsibilities that I can agre...

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