2017-12-11 America’s Presidents – George H.W. Bush: Cautious
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about George Herbert Walker Bush. George H. W. Bush was president from 1989 to 1993 Before he became president in…
2017-12-04 America’s Presidents – Ronald Reagan: Communicator
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Ronald Reagan. He was president for two terms, and served from 1981 to 1989. Before that, he was the…
2017-11-27 America’s Presidents – Jimmy Carter: Outsider
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Jimmy Carter. His given name was James, but he liked to be called Jimmy.Official White House portrait of President…
2017-11-20 America’s Presidents – Gerald Ford: Unelected
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Gerald Ford. Ford was the 38th president, but he was never elected to the position.Gerald Ford official presidential portrait…
2017-11-13 America’s Presidents – Richard Nixon: Resigned
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Richard Nixon. Richard Milhaus Nixon Nixon is well-known to many Americans for one reason: he was the only president…
2017-11-06 America’s Presidents – Lyndon Johnson: Complicated
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Lyndon Johnson. He was the vice president under John F. Kennedy.Lyndon Johnson takes the oath of office Many Americans…
2017-10-30 America’s Presidents – John Kennedy: Young
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was also known as Jack Kennedy, or by the letters JFK. When he took office…
2017-10-23 America’s Presidents – Dwight Eisenhower: Cold Warrior
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Dwight Eisenhower. He took office in 1953 and was re-elected in 1956. Eisenhower was famous before he became president…
2017-10-16 America’s Presidents – Harry Truman: Atomic
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Harry S. Truman. He became president of the United States in 1945, a few weeks before the end of…
2017-10-09 America’s Presidents – Franklin D. Roosevelt: Powerful, Part 02
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Earlier we told about his rise to power, and his health problems. When he was 39…
2017-10-02 America’s Presidents – Franklin D. Roosevelt: Powerful, Part 01
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was related to an earlier president with same last name, Theodore Roosevelt. Many Americans call…
2017-09-25 America’s Presidents – Herbert Hoover: Blamed
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Herbert Hoover. He took office in 1929. Herbert Hoover Hoover was president for the early years of what Americans…
2017-09-18 America’s Presidents – Calvin Coolidge: Silent
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Calvin Coolidge. He was the vice president under Warren Harding. When Harding died suddenly a little more than two…
2017-09-11 America’s Presidents – Warren Harding: Damaged
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Warren Harding. He was the 29th president of the United States.President Warren Harding Harding was very different from the…
2017-09-04 America’s Presidents – Woodrow Wilson: Idealist
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. President Woodrow Wilson Today we are talking about Woodrow Wilson. He served two terms, from 1913 to 1921, and led the United States through…