Mitt Romney, potential secretary of state.
(He is sometimes spoken of as a potential Secretary of State).
Staubach, now a businessman in Dallas, has been mentioned as a potential Secretary of the Navy in the Bush administration.
Each was once viewed as a potential secretary of state, and Mr. Holbrooke, in particular, will have a wide-ranging portfolio.
As for Eli Stone, its problem, as President-elect Obama once told his potential secretary of state, was that it was "likeable enough".
Bill resents the father's good job, and the fact that he was once considered as a potential Secretary of the Army.
From this perspective, the potential secretary of defense nominee who should be of concern to the Post is one who doesn't believe the Pentagon budget is bloated.
From the moment he dropped out of the presidential race, he had been mentioned as a potential Secretary of State should either Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton win the election.
This funding gap may keep many local groups from reaching their full potential, Secretary of State DeForest B. Soaries Jr., concluded in a report on arts funding that was released earlier this month.
And the Finance Committee, which would consider a potential secretary of the treasury, may not be able to meet at all without a Lott-Daschle agreement because its chairman, Senator William V. Roth Jr. of Delaware, was defeated.
