Peculiar way we count the two nonconsecutive administrations of Grover Cleveland in the 19th century. All 44 of those president s have been males. All but two of them have been white protestant males. , of the 44, have been elected to second terms, which is a room entry indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives beginning in the 18th century have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached and two of those in the lifetime of many people here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that, i mean the president is electedne of the 536 officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, and theers of congress, president and Vice President im treating as a single click on entity. So the president is one of 536
Of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassination. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to of the size most, is the number one. By that i mean that the president is simply one of the 536 elected officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, 535 members of congress, and the im treating the president and Vice President for this purpose as a single entity. So the president is one of 536 elected officials. When i reflect on that asymmetry between the one president and 536 other federal elected officials, im reminded of a quip by the journalist theodore white, who wrote several books on president ial elections beginning in
Which is some kind of a rudimentary indicator of the character of our political system and its volatility. Scarcely more than one third of our chief executives, beginning in the 18th century, have been elected to a second term for one reason or another. Eight have died in office. Four have been assassinated. Five have been elected without popular majorities. Three have been impeached, two of those in the lifetime of many people with us here today. Of all of those numbers, the one i want to emphasize the most is simply the number one. By that i mean that the president is simply one of the 536 elected officials in washington, d. C. Strictly speaking, it is 537, 535 members of congress, and im treating the president and Vice President for this purpose as a single political entity. So the president is one of 536 elected officials. When i reflect on that asymmetry between the one president and 535 other federal elected officials, im reminded of a quip by the journalist theodore white, who w
California. We will hear from the commandant of the marine corps, the ceo of Lockheed Martin. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. A collectors item. Thank you and welcome to panel six, assessing the rebuild. Will we have the strategy and resources to rebuild the military in fiscal year 2019 . On this panel, we will evaluate president trumps desire to rebuild the military and we will look at the problems facing it. I would like to introduce our distinguished panel. Honorable eric aleman at the end, former undersecretary of defense for policy from 2005 to 2009. The formeragon, ambassador to turkey. President and ceo of Lockheed Martin. She joins walking 30 years ago as an engineer in rows away to 2016. P in Fortune Magazine identified mr. Houston as number three out of the 50 most powerful women in business around the world. Kathleen hicks, director of International Security program for csis. She was appointed by the president. She is a former principal undersecretary of policy at the
A collectors item. Thank you and welcome to panel six, assessing the rebuild. Will we have the strategy and resources to rebuild the military in fiscal year 2019 . On this panel, we will evaluate president trumps desire to rebuild the military and we will look at the problems facing it. I would like to introduce our distinguished panel. Honorable eric aleman at the end, former undersecretary of defense for policy from 2005 to 2009. The formeragon, ambassador to turkey. President and ceo of Lockheed Martin. She joins walking 30 years ago as an engineer in rows away to 2016. P in Fortune Magazine identified mr. Houston as number three out of the 50 most powerful women in business around the world. Kathleen hicks, director of International Security program for csis. She was appointed by the president. She is a former principal undersecretary of policy at the pentagon. And we have general robert geller, the 37th, bottom of the marine corps commissioned in 1975. He went to uva and i just le