First president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. That would have been in 1789, in april. How well where the duties and office that he was about to step into, how well where they defined at this moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was a brandnew institution, certainly in america and really in the world, its a new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have at one point been the head of state, like a king, but also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policy maker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the of the legislature and where thedefine. Powers of the president would be defined. And so washington really created that office. Reallmany of the precedents, mf the things that we come to think of as president ial really come downwn from his example in the office. He took the oath, what were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the office that he was ste
President s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment thats portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearing in of George Washington. You see the first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into . How well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was nothing like it in america and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would at one point be the head of state like a king but at the same time also sort of the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policymaker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and where the powers of the president would be defined. Washington created that office and many of the precedents, many of the things we come to think of as president ial really come down from his ex
Department for the Trump Administration but hes interviewed by jeremy butler, ceo of veterans of america. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words are availablee through podcasts. Doctor shulkin, thank you for being with us. Its an honor to have you here. I think the va is important to subject to talk about in one of the areas of our government that a lot of people hear about but dont necessarily know many of the details. Frankly, even in the veteran community a lot of us dont understand the breadth and depth of what the va does. Im excited to talk to you about the ba in general and certainly about your book and about your time in the administration. Id love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va. Youre very successful in the civilian career and times making that transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring but what drove you to want
Be hopefully a best case not a worst case and thats what were working for if you have. Your own confusion to cross what is about your own test the other is about containment efforts is the administration considering more aggressive containment options like a quarantine a National Curfew for sure we have it very much yeah we have that very much and we are weve been pretty aggressive we were early with europe but we were very very early with china and other places and fortunately we were and as far as containment here we are were coming out with strong suggestions and you know its becoming a little bit automatic you look at people theyre not doing certain things for instance that obviously not i would say the Restaurant Business is booming in bars and grills and old people are self containing for to a large extent. We look forward to the day when we can get back to normal to be such a Secular Party are you considering instituting a nationwide lockdown a nationwide quarantine of the n. S.
Voters in 14 states, American Samoa and americans abroad will head to the polls in this election cycles super tuesday. Among those holding their primaries on tuesday are two of the nations biggest prizes, california and texas. [applause] paul, youve got something. We have texans in the cheap seats . They should be all the way in the front right here. Approximately onethird of all delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. This morning we have an opportunity or from some of americas most wellknown and respected political authorities who are going to help us make sense of a rapidly changing political environment. Please welcome attorney political commentator and recovering politician [applause] no stranger to the aipac states, clinton strategist, paul [applause] one of the republican parties leading ad makers, brad todd. [applause] and last but certainly not least, threetime republican president ial Campaign Communications director, alice stewart. [applause] thank you all for joining us. Befor