secretary of State for War

基本解释

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。

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.

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.
FORBES: Magazine Article
"This oil revenue is really important for Sudan's expansion of their civil war and for the expansion of their military, " said Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state for human rights during the Reagan administration.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
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.
ECONOMIST: William Bundy