Meena also felt empowered by watching the other successful women in her family. One of my family members says, I eat no for breakfast, the mother of two explains. People are going to tell you no. People are going to tell you that something is impossible. If we listen to them, that becomes true. It s sort of a self-fulfilling thing where they can then further point to, See, we never had a female Vice President, that can t be done. Our country is not ready for that.
Meena continues: If you are not ambitious, if you do not believe in something bigger than what has been or what we re able to see, then not only is that not claiming your ambition, it perpetuates these systems that allow people to hold us back.
DeLuccio attended Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music in Ohio, where he earned a bachelor s degree in oboe performance in 1999. Two years later, he received a master s degree in oboe performance from DePaul University in Chicago before pursuing a doctorate at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
The United States Marine Band was founded in 1798 and, according to the band website, is the country s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. It is believed that the band was present for Thomas Jefferson s inauguration in 1801 the first time a U.S. president was sworn in and the group has performed at every inauguration since then.
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Current and former officials who ve been critical of Trump have been invited to his send-off
From CNN s Kaitlan Collins, Jim Acosta, Kevin Liptak, and Kate Bennett
Dozens of current and former administration officials have been invited to President Trump s farewell ceremony tomorrow, including those who have been extremely critical of Trump since leaving the White House.
Trump s former chief of staff John Kelly recently told CNN s Jake Tapper he d vote to remove Trump from office if he could yet he was still invited to the event.
So was Don McGahn, the former White House counsel who angered Trump by sitting down with Robert Mueller s team for hours. Other former senior aides who have maintained good relationships with Trump, like his first chief of staff Reince Priebus, were also invited but aren t expected to attend. Both Kelly and McGahn won t be attending, CNN reported earlier today.
Biden’s participation in the COVID-19 memorial on the eve of his inauguration underscores his pledge to pursue a more aggressive strategy in fighting the pandemic than President Trump.