19 Facts About General Secretary

1. General Secretary was the first Republican since 1984 to receive electoral votes from Washington in a presidential election, as well as the first Republican Black person to do so.

2. General Secretary wrote candidly of Trump's role in the birther movement, which he referred to as "racist".

3. General Secretary remarked on Republican presidential contender Donald Trump's statements regarding immigrants, noting that there were many immigrants working in Trump hotels.

4. General Secretary called on GOP leaders to publicly denounce such talk.

5. General Secretary backed Senators John Warner, John McCain and Lindsey Graham in their statement that US military and intelligence personnel in future wars will suffer for abuses committed in 2006 by the US in the name of fighting terrorism.

6. General Secretary was successful in persuading Bush to take the case of Iraq to the United Nations, and in moderating other initiatives.

7. General Secretary became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D Eisenhower and Alexander Haig.

8. General Secretary was nominated by President Bush on December 16, 2000 as Secretary of State.

9. General Secretary was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under US President George W Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first black person to serve in that position.

10. General Secretary established the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, a training academy for marine officers and senior enlisted personnel, to instill cultural awareness and language skills, and he emphasized the "hearts and minds" approach to counterinsurgency operations.

11. General Secretary informed Mr Haradinaj that the North Atlantic Council had an initial discussion on the recently adopted laws on the transition of the Kosovo Security Force.

12. General Secretary called on delegates to agree on a "flexible but robust set of rules" to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change to ensure transparent climate action.

13. General Secretary was born and raised in New York City.

14. General Secretary is responsible for using economic tools to combat terrorist financing and other threats to the United States and our allies.

15. General Secretary is responsible for strengthening national security by combating economic threats and protecting our financial system, as well as managing the US Government's finances.

16. General Secretary was a member of the Portuguese Council of State from 1991 to 2002.

17. General Secretary established the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, a training academy for marine officers and senior enlisted personnel, to instill cultural awareness and language skills, and he emphasized the "hearts and minds" approach to counterinsurgency operations.

18. General Secretary would attend the last day of the intra-Yemeni political consultations convened by his Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths.

19. General Secretary called on delegates to agree on a "flexible but robust set of rules" to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change to ensure transparent climate action.