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United States Secretary of Commerce

United States Secretary of Commerce
PostUnited States
Secretary
BodyCommerce
InsigniaUS-DeptOfCommerce-Seal.svg
InsigniacaptionOfficial Seal
IncumbentGary Locke
IncumbentsinceMarch 26, 2009
FirstWilliam Cox Redfield
FormationMarch 15, 1913
SuccessionTenth

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The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor.

The Office of the Secretary contains a Deputy Secretary of Commerce, a Chief of Staff, a Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, an Assistant Secretary for Commerce and Intergovernmental Affairs, a Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, a Chief Information Officer, a General Counsel, an Inspector General, an Office of Business Liaison, an Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, an Office of Public Affairs, an Office of White House Liaison, and an International IPR Enforcement Coordinator.

The current Secretary of Commerce is former Washington Governor Gary Locke, who was nominated for the post by President Barack Obama on February 25, 2009, and was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on March 24, 2009.

Locke is President Obama's third choice for the post following New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who dropped out of consideration in early January 2009, and Republican Senator Judd Gregg from New Hampshire, who withdrew his nomination in February 2009.

Locke is the first Chinese American Secretary of Commerce, and the third Asian American in Obama's cabinet, joining Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, the most of any administration in United States history.

Prior to Locke's confirmation, the most-recent Senate confirmed Commerce Secretary was Carlos Gutierrez, whose January 20, 2009, resignation coincided with the end of President George W. Bush's administration.

The line of succession for the Secretary of Commerce is as follows:

#Deputy Secretary of Commerce

#General Counsel of the Department of Commerce

#Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

#Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs

#Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

#Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology

#Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration

#Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of Administration

#Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

United States Secretary of Commerce Video

A USAF Boeing CT-43 operating operating Flight 21 attempts an instrument approach into Dubrovnik Airport in heavy fog. The passengers are mainly government officials, including US Government Secretaries. The pilots attempt the IFR non-precision NDB approach to Runway 12. The aircraft goes off course and hits mountains north of the airport, killing all 35 people onboard, including the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
10.00 min. | 4.75 user rating		 USAF Boeing CT-43 operating operating Flight 21 attempts an instrument approach into Dubrovnik Airport in heavy fog. The passengers are mainly government officials, including US Government Secretaries. The pilots attempt the IFR non-precision NDB approach to Runway 12. The aircraft goes off course and hits mountains north of the airport, killing all 35 people onboard, including the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
10.02 min. | 4.81 user rating		 A USAF Boeing CT-43 operating operating Flight 21 attempts an instrument approach into Dubrovnik Airport in heavy fog. The passengers are mainly government officials, including US Government Secretaries. The pilots attempt the IFR non-precision NDB approach to Runway 12. The aircraft goes off course and hits mountains north of the airport, killing all 35 people onboard, including the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
10.02 min. | 4.92 user rating		 A USAF Boeing CT-43 operating operating Flight 21 attempts an instrument approach into Dubrovnik Airport in heavy fog. The passengers are mainly government officials, including US Government Secretaries. The pilots attempt the IFR non-precision NDB approach to Runway 12. The aircraft goes off course and hits mountains north of the airport, killing all 35 people onboard, including the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
10.02 min. | 4.76 user rating		 A USAF Boeing CT-43 operating operating Flight 21 attempts an instrument approach into Dubrovnik Airport in heavy fog. The passengers are mainly government officials, including US Government Secretaries. The pilots attempt the IFR non-precision NDB approach to Runway 12. The aircraft goes off course and hits mountains north of the airport, killing all 35 people onboard, including the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
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US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke let the "cat out of the bag" and inadvertently admitted that we can kiss our economy goodbye for at least the next generation. Watch the video then visit TheAutoChannel.com to read the editorial.
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4.35 min. | 5.0 user rating		 United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke describes provisions of the US-Turkey Framework For Strategic Economic And Commercial Cooperation as well as relations between the US and Turkey. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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2.43 min. | 4.16 user rating		 The last three Presidents weren't men, and neither is our current President; they may have been male, I didn't check. Our current castrati sings the exact opposite of what he's doing, and we find our society imitates our President, and our President imitates our society. Our government in toto is allowed what we don't refuse, and our morals put us in grave danger: not caring a wit for each other. Too rich, too fat, too happy,... will land us too poor, too thin and too miserable... And I believe part of the reason is we've refused the cursed word "moral".
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United States presidential line of succession
Preceded by
Secretary of Agriculture		10th in lineSucceeded by
Secretary of Labor

 
  Joshua W. Alexander Missouri December 16, 1919 March 4, 1921
  Herbert Hoover California March 5, 1921 August 21, 1928 Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
  William F. Whiting Massachusetts August 22, 1928 March 4, 1929
  Robert P. Lamont Illinois March 5, 1929 August 7, 1932 Herbert Hoover
  Roy D. Chapin Michigan August 8, 1932 March 3, 1933
  Daniel C. Roper South Carolina March 4, 1933 December 23, 1938 Franklin Roosevelt
  Harry Hopkins New York December 24, 1938 September 18, 1940
  Jesse H. Jones Texas September 19, 1940 March 1, 1945
  Henry A. Wallace Iowa March 2, 1945 September 20, 1946
Harry S. Truman
  W. Averell Harriman New York October 7, 1946 April 22, 1948
  Charles W. Sawyer Ohio May 6, 1948 January 20, 1953
  Sinclair Weeks Massachusetts January 21, 1953 November 10, 1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lewis Strauss West Virginia November 13, 1958 June 30, 1959
  Frederick H. Mueller Michigan June 30, 1959 August 10, 1959
August 10, 1959 January 19, 1961
  Luther H. Hodges North Carolina January 21, 1961 January 15, 1965 John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
16 John T. Connor New York January 18, 1965 January 31, 1967
  Alexander Trowbridge New York January 31, 1967 June 14, 1967
June 14, 1967 March 1, 1968
18 C. R. Smith Texas March 6, 1968 January 19, 1969
  Maurice Stans New York January 21, 1969 February 15, 1972 Richard Nixon
  Peter Peterson Illinois February 29, 1972 February 1, 1973
  Frederick B. Dent South Carolina February 2, 1973 March 26, 1975
Gerald Ford
  Rogers Morton Maryland May 1, 1975 February 2, 1976
  Elliot Richardson Massachusetts February 2, 1976 January 20, 1977
  Juanita M. Kreps Kentucky January 23, 1977 October 31, 1979 Jimmy Carter
- Luther H. Hodges, Jr. North Carolina October 31, 1979 January 9, 1980
  Philip Klutznick Illinois January 9, 1980 January 20, 1981
  Howard M. Baldrige, Jr. Nebraska January 20, 1981 July 25, 1987 Ronald Reagan
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. Ohio July 25, 1987 October 19, 1987
  William Verity, Jr. Ohio October 19, 1987 January 30, 1989
  Robert Mosbacher Texas January 31, 1989 January 15, 1992 George H. W. Bush
- Rockwell A. Schnabel January 15, 1992 February 27, 1992
  Barbara Franklin Pennsylvania February 27, 1992 January 20, 1993
  Ron Brown New York January 22, 1993 April 3, 1996 Bill Clinton
  Mickey Kantor Tennessee April 12, 1996 January 21, 1997
  William M. Daley Illinois January 30, 1997 July 19, 2000
- Robert L. Mallett July 19, 2000 July 21, 2000
  Norman Mineta California July 21, 2000 January 19, 2001
  Donald Evans Texas January 20, 2001 February 7, 2005 George W. Bush
  Carlos Gutierrez Florida February 7, 2005 January 20, 2009
- Otto J. Wolff January 20, 2009 March 26, 2009 Barack Obama
  Gary Locke Washington March 26, 2009 Present

Agencies under the United States Department of Commerce

Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and SecurityBureau of Industry and Security
Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic AffairsEconomics and Statistics Administration * Bureau of Economic Analysis * Census Bureau * Economic Development Administration
Under Secretary of Commerce for International TradeInternational Trade Administration * Minority Business Development Agency
Under Secretary of Commerce and Administrator for NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * National Telecommunications and Information Administration * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual PropertyPatent and Trademark Office
Director of the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyNational Institute of Standards and Technology * National Technical Information Service

Leaders of the United States federal executive departments

Agriculture * Commerce * Defense * Education * Energy * Health and Human Services * Homeland Security * Housing and Urban Development * Interior * Justice * Labor * State * Transportation * Treasury * Veterans Affairs
Past department leaders: Commerce and Labor * Health, Education, and Welfare * Navy * Post Office * War



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