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Mary Kate Cary

Mary Kate Cary

Adjunct Professor of Politics and Director of Think Again, University of Virginia

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President Joe Biden arrives at the Brunswick Executive Airport on Nov. 3 to visit families of those killed in a mass shooting in Lewiston on Oct. 25. (Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)

Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?

By: - November 7, 2023

When former President Bill Clinton showed up at the White House in early 2023, he was there to join President Joe Biden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. It was hard to avoid the fact that it had been three decades since Clinton was in office – yet at […]