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Lenore T. Adkins Joseph R. Biden Jr., a former vice president and a longtime Capitol Hill lawmaker known for reaching across the political aisle to get things done, takes office on January 20 as the 46th president of the United States. Biden served eight years as former President Barack Obama’s vice president and defeated incumbent President Donald ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: presidency, U.S. history, White House
While many democracies swap in new leaders in a sprint, the U.S. ambles along with a transition period of 11 weeks. But slow as that might seem, it’s shorter than the four months the Constitution originally left for the handoff of power from an incumbent to a new president. Picking up the pace The original ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 January, 2021 | Topics: History, News, News from Washington | Tags: good governance, presidency, U.S. elections, U.S. history, White House
Music and politics have been closely linked throughout U.S. history, with songs that promote candidates (or attack their rivals) dating back more than 200 years. Those songs have often reflected the bruising nature of
U.S. campaigns , which Stuart Eizenstat — a U.S. diplomat and former White House domestic affairs director for President Jimmy Carter — once ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 October, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News, Video | Tags: arts, presidency, U.S. history
American debates have changed much since the days when an Illinois lawyer held the nation spellbound with his moral arguments against slavery. That was 1858, and the arguments of Abraham Lincoln, who was debating Stephen Douglas, didn’t lead to Lincoln’s winning the Senate seat he sought. Nevertheless, transcripts were distributed throughout the country and became ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 September, 2020 | Topics: Education, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: elections, presidency, press freedom, technology, U.S. elections, U.S. history
Understanding America’s Electoral College [infographic] (June 25) When U.S. citizens cast their presidential election ballots, they’ll be voting for someone like Hagner Mister or Rex Teter. You probably have not heard of Mister or Teter. In fact, most voters who chose them in 2016 did not know who they were. During the last presidential ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 June, 2020 | Topics: News, Policy | Tags: elections, good governance, presidency, U.S. elections
