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Joe Biden: America’s next president

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.

By U.S. Mission Turkey | 18 January, 2021 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: presidency, President Biden, U.S. History, White House

Why so much time from election to inauguration of a U.S. president?

Why so much time from election to inauguration of a U.S. president? By ShareAmerica Jan 14, 2021 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 ...

By U.S. Mission Turkey | 15 January, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: Good Governance, presidency, U.S. Elections, U.S. History, White House

Presidents memorialized

Every February, Americans remember their presidents and Americans honor their presidents in many ways, but few presidential monuments are as big as Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

By U.S. Mission Turkey | 13 February, 2020 | Topics: History | Tags: presidency, Presidents Day, U.S. History