WASHINGTON — The requisites for a U.S. secretary of state, along with intelligence and judgment, are a knowledge of foreign policy, an understanding of domestic politics and, ideally, firsthand experience of what President Dwight D. Eisenhower called the "brutality and stupidity" of war.
I have a strange combination of experiences that a lot of people don't have... knowledge of economics, a knowledge of government policy".
While Mr. Lasher is praised as an honest dealmaker with an encyclopedic knowledge of policy, some lawmakers, particularly those critical of Mr. Bloomberg, say his intensity can be stifling.
And he is widely regarded as both a shrewd political tactician, having helped engineer a substantial victory for Mr. Corzine on Election Day, with a wonk's knowledge of policy.
Mr Sims described Mr Jones as an "outstanding politician" and praised his "unrivalled" knowledge of policy.
Results from 500 Australian employees indicate that knowledge of policy and procedures had a stronger influence on attitude towards policy and procedure than self-reported behaviour.
Despite her lack of knowledge of policy or strategy, Palin is still a go-to pundit on conservative media outlets.
Renowned for his knowledge of policy and his careful adherence to a realist's political lens, his was a key voice dissuading the GOP from taking a position on entitlement reform during 2010's campaign season.
He distinguished himself among GOP attendees at the session with Obama for his knowledge of policy intricacy and ability to articulate a deeply conservative vision of government that would spend and do much less.
Before every bilateral meeting with foreign officials, Mr. Gore gets the benefit of Mr. Fuerth's deeply detailed knowledge of policy, detailed in thick briefing books and then distilled on a stack of four- by six-inch cards.
