Meet America’s new secretary of state: Antony Blinken
For Antony Blinken, America’s new top diplomat, returning to the U.S. Department of State brings the opportunity to continue both professional and family traditions. Read More»
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. Read More»
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 ... Read More»
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. Read More»
The president on the 9/11 anniversary: Our values endure
On September 11, “in that hour of darkness, we also came together with renewed purpose,” President Trump said in marking the 16th anniversary of terrorist attacks on America. The president was speaking at the the 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon, one of three U.S. sites attacked on September 11, 2001. He and first lady Melania Trump had ... Read More»
On becoming an ‘ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary’
At the apex of U.S. embassies around the world are diplomats who hold the august title of “ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America.” Whether one has made a career in the Foreign Service, or in the world of business, in academe or elsewhere, being asked by the president to represent America ... Read More»
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