Pickering, the third-ranking official in the US State.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

On Saturday, the State Department's third-ranking diplomat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iran and Iraq] Reference

Pickering, who is the the third-ranking official in Washington's.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Hamas says it's third-ranking leader died in an air strike yesterday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2009] Reference

He was the third-ranking all-time rescue specialist in the Air Force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clear and Present Danger]

Joshua Nkomo, the previous third-ranking politician in the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Waters is the third-ranking member on the financial services committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [In defense of Maxine Waters, Part 2] Reference

Babar later delivered them to the third-ranking member of Al Qaeda in Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Fisher: Closing GITMO: Is This the Department of Justice's Detention Model?] Reference

The third-ranking official at the Egyptian embassy in Baghdad has been kidnapped.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004] Reference

Al-Yazid was the 10th third-ranking Al Qaeda leader killed by the U.S. since 2001.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amb. Marc Ginsberg: 9/11/10 -- Unfinished Business Take #9] Reference

Babar later delivered them to the third-ranking member of Al Qaeda in South Waziristan, Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is This the DOJ's Detention Model?] Reference

Long before September 11, 2001, I was the third-ranking official in the Reagan justice department.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007] Reference

"Foreigners are eager to make ultimatums," said Mnangagwa, the third-ranking official in the ruling party.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

BLITZER: Congressman Putnam, you are the third-ranking leader among Republicans in the House of Representatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2007] Reference

Hubbell, Clinton's golfing buddy and the third-ranking official at the Justice Department, denies any impropriety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whitewater Torture] Reference

In 1994 he made an unsuccessful bid to head the House Democratic Caucus, the third-ranking position in the leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Best Hope] Reference

It's about time that the president personally not only sends a third-ranking official, gets involved in the peace process.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2004] Reference

Elliott was hired by NEWSWEEK as business editor in 1955 and within four years became managing editor, the third-ranking job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Osborn Elliott, 1924-2008] Reference

Her father is the House Majority Whip, the third-ranking position in the leadership; he is the highest-ranking African American.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Brodsky: New FCC Appointee Could Face Choice Between Obama's Agenda and AT&T's] Reference

As a result, the Justice Department's third-ranking official, Solicitor General Robert H. Bork, carried out the president's order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justice for the CIA] Reference

ALBRIGHT: She is the third-ranking official in the United States, and, again, Congress signaled clearly that they wanted a different role.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2007] Reference

She worked under Lawrence S. Eagleburger and Michael H. Armacost when they were undersecretaries for political affairs, the department's third-ranking job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce Lasky Reed dies at 76; author championed Faberge legacy] Reference