Betsy, and her father. [applause] i would like to begin with a brief history lesson. It is only appropriate that we find ourselves at a residential library. Our constitution explicitly states the oath of office for the president s of the United States. But for other officers of the government, including the Vice President , the constitution offers no instruction whatsoever about the oath required. Well, the First Congress stated that only senators could administer the oath to the Vice President. A few months later, they change their mind giving judges that ability. The oath itself has changed many times over the years. The oath in use today for the Vice President has been around since 1884. You will be interested to know that our guest tonight took the oath as Vice President , with his left hand resting on none other than president reagans own bible. The very bible used when he took the oath of office in 1981, and four years later, in 1985. The oath is brief. Here it is. I do solemnly
Maintaining. Sam bankmanfried, there always questions about relationship between the hedge funds. [applause] good evening, everyone. My name is john. I have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation institute. [applause] thanks for joining us. In honor of our men and women in uniform, would you please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance, of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, please be seated. Before we get started, there are a few people in the audience i would like to make sure we recognize this evening. We will start with former congressman gallantly and his wife, janice. [applause] and please welcome karen pence, wife of Vice President mike pence. [applause] president rated president reagan son, michael. Where are you michael . [applause] i have to introduce my college roommate, mike and his
Supports our nonprofit operations. Cspan holid sale going on right now. Scan the code at the rht to start shopping now at a cspanshop. Org. Georgetown institute of politics and Public Service in washington dc. [applause] look at this. Welcome. I cant thank you enough for taking some of your evening to join us for this conversation. We were formed 7 years ago here on campus. One of the Biggest Challenges facing our democracy today is polarization. We want to put people from different perspectives together, to have hard conversations, sometimes to find Common Ground, oftentimes not, but to see if we can at least find common motivation to see if we have better understanding of different positions before we step on the field ourselves. Sometimes, you find Common Ground. Sometimes, it makes you a better advocate for your own side if you understand where the other side its coming from that side is coming from. I spent most of my career after georgetown as a knuckle brawler in the political a
Former Vice President mike pence talked about the direction of the conservative movement at the Georgetown Institute of politics and Public Service and washington, d. C. This. Welcome. I cant thank you enough for taking some of your evening to join us for this conversation. We were formed 7 years ago here on campus. One of the Biggest Challenges facing our democracy today is polarization. We want to put people from different perspectives together, to have hard conversations, sometimes to find Common Ground, oftentimes not, but to see if we can at least find common of the different positions before we stepped out onto the field ourselves. Sometimes you find Common Ground, but sometimes it makes you a better advocate for your own side if you can understand where the other side is coming from. From. I spent most of my career after georgetown as a knuckle brawler in the political arena on the democratic side. I wrote press releases attacking tonights speaker. [applause] the guy he beat for
Look at this. Welcome. I cant thank you enough for taking some of your evening to join us for this conversation. We were formed 7 years ago here on campus. One of the Biggest Challenges facing our democracy today is polarization. We want to put people from different perspectives together, to have hard conversations, sometimes to find Common Ground, oftentimes not, but to see if we can at least find common motivation to see if we have better understanding of different positions before we step on the field ourselves. Sometimes, you find Common Ground. Sometimes, it makes you a better advocate for your own side if you understand where the other side its coming from that side is coming from. I spent most of my career after georgetown as a knuckle brawler in the political arena on the democratic side. I wrote press releases attacking tonights speaker. [applause] the guy he beat for Vice President in 2016 officiated my wedding. But i was so excited when he accepted our invitation to come ton