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The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
The first Romanian known to have been to what is now the United States was Samuel Damian (also spelled Domien), a former priest. [8] Samuel Damian's name appears as far back as 1748, when he placed an advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette announcing the electrical demonstrations he planned to give and inviting the public to attend.
Michael Horodniceanu – engineer and businessman, former president of MTA Capital Construction; Stephanie Korey – co-founder and executive chairman of Away; David Marcus – former President of PayPal, and current Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook; Martin Bud Seretean – founder, and former CEO of Coronet Industries. [12]
Jill Biden is also one of twelve second ladies to have gone on to become first ladies during their spouses' terms as president. While the title was not in general use until much later, Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington, the first U.S. president (1789–1797), is the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she ...
Traian Băsescu, former President of Romania, with George W. Bush, former President of the United States, March 9, 2005. As Romania's policies became unequivocally pro-Western, the United States moved to deepen relations. President Bill Clinton visited Bucharest in 1997. The two countries initiated cooperation on shared goals, including ...
The Teflon President, [163] coined by Rep. Patricia Schroeder because nothing negative "stuck to" him (like a Teflon skillet); he remained blame-free in the eyes of the American people. [162] Bonzo: from the name of the chimp in Bedtime for Bonzo, a film that Reagan starred in as well as his mental ability. [164]
At the start of the meeting, Biden joked he advocated for NATO accession for Romania when he was a senator “180 years ago” and said t Biden hosts Romanian leader at the White House to ...
Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.