The presidential Cabinet has come a long way since Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson used to duke it out during the Washington administration.
History of Camp David A brief history of the Presidential mountain retreat and its famous guests by David Johnson President Kennedy with JFK, Jr., at Camp David. (Source: John F. Kennedy Library) For more than 50 years now, when presidents have wanted privacy, they have sought the cool, ...
Among the handful of U.S. presidential rematches, the candidate who lost the first round more often came back to win.
Nationalities that established trading posts along the coast of Benin; Names of top-ranking contenders after the first round of the presidential elections in 2001; List of the principal cabinet members in Benin.EBSCO_bspBackground Notes on Countries of the World Benin...
Presidential PalaceAt No. 292, Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, the Nanjing Presidential Palace, originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) as a royal residence, is now the biggest China Modern History Museum. Nanjing, a seat of political power, has witnessed many defining moments in ancient ...
The presidential transition and restoration of parliament had by no means answered the underlying question of where the governing power lay. Conflict over entry into the war In February 1917 the U.S. government severed diplomatic relations with Germany and invited the neutral powers, including China...
In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt Mexico swears in its new President, Enrique Pena Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party A new species of freshwater fish are discover...
“At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office,” Lincoln noted during his inauguration, “There is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.” He gave a short speech—about 700 words—denouncing slavery in searing, religious terms as figures ...
In 1907 the PhilippineCommission, which had been acting as both legislature and governor-general’s cabinet, became the upper house of a bicameral body. The new 80-member Philippine Assembly was directly elected by a somewhat restricted electorate from single-member districts, making it the first ...
As highlighted by the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as president in 2005, women play a prominent role in Liberian politics and government. Since 2000, women have held over 14% of the seats in the National Assembly. Several women have also served in the presidential cabinet and as Supreme...