TASK DEFINITION: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
PROBLEM: Subsequently , he was the Interior and Health Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 November 2007 as part of Anders Fogh Rasmussen 's first and second cabinets , and then Minister of Finance from 23 November 2007 to April 2009 as part of Anders Fogh Rasmussen 's third cabinet .

SOLUTION: From November 2001 to November 2007 he was Interior and Health Minister of Denmark , and from November 2007 to April 2009 he was Finance Minister of Denmark .

PROBLEM: The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense , although as a symbol of the U.S. military , the phrase " The Pentagon " is also often used as a metonym for the Department of Defense and its leadership .

SOLUTION: The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense .

PROBLEM: Skipton ( also known as Skipton-in-Craven ) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire , England .

SOLUTION:
Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire , England .