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
The free radio app. Even and characterized by differences, constructive with honest dialogue for our common challenges. Yesterday our former exchange with President Biden and the agreement for the new treaty is a very promising is very promising. Biden has shown our global interconnectivity, and russia will still all will certainly also be affected, because it is of interest to all of us. Mr. President , we are keen to hear from your perspective and that of russia how you see the situation in the 21st century and what should be done to ensure that people everywhere find peace and prosperity . Mr. President , the world is waiting to hear from you. Colleagues, dear colleagues, i would like to thank you for this opportunity today for me to make my statement. First of all, i would like to welcome all participants. I would like to start with the following, in light of the pandemic, to provide an opportunity for discussion and it certainly provides an opportunity for communication among the
Find out more about that. Tonight our guest author is going to be interviewed by gawrt, a distinguished magazine journalist. He covers politics, technology and [inaudible] contributes to wired and the author of multiple books including the Number One National best seller the only plane in the sky an oral history of 9 11. Inside Robert Muellers fbi and often rock about the governments [inaudible] hes also and memorably did a great interview there back in february in the manchester north sure we could do things like that. And hopefully, well do that again when we can. And i am so pleased to welcome tim wiener back to northshire. He was saying hes done events in vermont for his last four books, and we are lucky enough to host him in our store back in 2016 when his wonderful Richard Nixon boy owe came out bio came out. I remember it very, very fondly. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book awar for his reporting and writing on National Security and intelligence. He covered the
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