In Crater v. Lucent , it was Richard J. Danzig, then-secretary of the Navy, who did the honors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secrecy Power Sinks Patent Case] Reference

Robin Wright, you were in North Korea six years ago with Madeleine Albright, then-secretary of state.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2006] Reference

In 1975 in Harpers, then-secretary of state Henry Kissinger authored under a pseudonym an article, “Seizing Arab Oil.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush, Oil "" and Moral Bankruptcy] Reference

(At a reporter's suggestion that Powell use this sobriquet as a title for his memoirs, the then-secretary of state laughed uncontrollably.).    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Men Intoxicated with Power and Courtiers Who Serve Them] Reference

(At a reporter\'s suggestion that Powell use this sobriquet as a title for his memoirs, the then-secretary of state laughed uncontrollably.) '.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Men Intoxicated with Power and Courtiers Who Serve Them] Reference

The same false confession provided a critical part of then-secretary of state Colin Powell's famous presentation to the United Nations, a month before the invasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Two Most Essential, Abhorrent, Intolerable Lies Of George W. Bush's Memoir] Reference

But at a meeting he had with then-secretary of state, Colin Powell, "Colin let me know that other officials, particularly the vice president, had quite another view.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2007] Reference

You do realize that the first census was taken after the American Revolution in 1790 (you know … before the internet) under then-secretary of state Thomas Jefferson?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Did Jindal Bribe Louisiana’s Attorney General To Force Him To Join Frivolous Health Care Lawsuit? (UPDATED)] Reference

ZAGORIN: I think it's an ongoing effort, when then-secretary Tom Ridge was in Mexico some months ago, last year, he had meetings specifically devoted to border security.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2005] Reference

BLITZER: Because I want you to listen to what Colin Powell, the then-secretary of state, said at the United Nations with you sitting right behind him, in advance of the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 6, 2007] Reference

Ironically, it was then-senator Obama who, back in 2007, asked then-secretary of state Condoleezza Rice the exact questions he won't answer today, namely: What if things don't go according to plan?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four More Years Of War -- Just For Starters] Reference

These same accusations had found their way into then-secretary of state Colin Powell's February 2003 speech before the UN Security Council, in which he outlined the US rationale for military action against Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [11/08/2005] Reference

The long debate over the summer of 2004 about whether or not there was an insurgency and then the grudging admission from the then-secretary of Defense, that fall that, yes, there was, in fact, a growing insurgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2007] Reference

So the freshman from Illinois used then-secretary of state Condoleeza Rice's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as an opportunity to raise some probing questions about the exit strategy from Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama vs. Obama On Endless Wars: Who Wins? (VIDEO, POLL)] Reference

At the time, the DOC gave inmates day-for-day credits under the authority of the then-secretary.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Headlined "Not the end of the line," the story quoted the then-secretary of transportation for Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference

EEOC with Thomas and his then-secretary, Diane Holt, to serve as his special assistant until mid-1983.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Comelec wants voter education in schools] Reference

Foreign embassies protested, and America's then-secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, also voiced criticism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

After Cyclone Sidr hit in 2007, that recommendation was reviewed by another committee headed by the then-secretary of the works ministry.    From Wordnik.com.  [ReliefWeb - Headlines] Reference

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1982, Hill went to the EEOC with Thomas and his then-secretary, Diane Holt, to serve as his special assistant until mid-1983.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Comelec wants voter education in schools] Reference

Hancock, a Frankfort resident and career employee with the transportation cabinet, was named acting secretary in August 2009, when then-secretary Joe Prather resigned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference

The expenses, incurred over a seven-month period last year, were put on the department's Super Card by employees, including then-secretary Thomas Jarrett, the audit said.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The 42-member task force, including faculty, staff and students, was established at the request of Peter White, then-secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department.    From Wordnik.com.  [UNM Today] Reference

The panelists agreed that recent moves indicate "reinvigoration" of the former Clinton policies, whereby then-secretary of state Madeleine Albright worked assiduously to go to war on behalf of Kosovo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toronto Sun] Reference

Allegations against Thomo were contained in a forensic investigation ordered by then-secretary of defence January Masilela relating to the export of several Ratel infantry vehicles and the sale of expired ammunition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference

Enter then-secretary of Health and Human Services Otis Bowen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Military in Afghanistan in December 2001, but that then-secretary of defense Rumsfeld refused to provide the soldiers necessary to capture him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternate Brain] Reference

'Did then-secretary Paulson turn a blind eye?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Issues News Headlines] Reference

"Did then-secretary Paulson turn a blind eye?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollars & Sense blog] Reference