text: Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of Government. Impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office; it is only a formal statement of charges, akin to an indictment in criminal law, and is thus only the first step towards removal. Once an individual is impeached, he or she must then face the possibility of conviction via legislative vote, which then entails the removal of the individual from office.

text: Impeachment

text: is

text: the

text: process

text: by

text: which

text: legislative

text: body

text: formally

text: levels

text: charges

text: against

text: high

text: official

text: of

text: Government

text: Impeachment

text: does

text: not

text: necessarily

text: mean

text: removal

text: from

text: office

text: it

text: is

text: only

text: formal

text: statement

text: of

text: charges

text: akin

text: to

text: an

text: indictment

text: in

text: criminal

text: law

text: and

text: is

text: thus

text: only

text: the

text: first

text: step

text: towards

text: removal

text: Once

text: an

text: individual

text: is

text: impeached

text: he

text: or

text: she

text: must

text: then

text: face

text: the

text: possibility

text: of

text: conviction

text: via

text: legislative

text: vote

text: which

text: then

text: entails

text: the

text: removal

text: of

text: the

text: individual

text: from

text: office

text: The following is a list of the Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia . The governor is the head of the executive branch of Virginia 's state government and the commander - in - chief of the state 's military forces . The governor has the duty to enforce state laws , and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Virginia General Assembly , to convene the legislature , and to grant pardons , except in cases of impeachment . The first constitution of 1776 created the office of governor , to be elected annually by the state legislature . The governor could serve up to three years at a time , and once out of office , could not serve again for four years . The 1830 constitution changed the thrice renewable one - year term length to a non-renewable three - year term , and set the start date at the first day in January following an election . This constitution also prevented governors from succeeding themselves , a prohibition that exists to the present day . The 1851 constitution increased terms to four years and made the office elected by the people , rather than the legislature . The commencement of the governor 's term was moved to the first day in February by the 1902 constitution , and then to the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January by the 1971 and current constitution . If the office of governor is vacant due to disqualification , death , or resignation , the lieutenant governor becomes governor . The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1851 Prior to then , a Council of State existed , which chose a president among its members who would be `` Lieutenant - Governor '' , who would act as governor in a time of absence in the office . Officially there have been 72 governors of Virginia ; the acting governors are not counted .

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text: the

text: Governors

text: of

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Virginia

text: The

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text: the

text: head

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text: executive

text: branch

text: of

text: Virginia

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text: state

text: government

text: and

text: the

text: commander

text: in

text: chief

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: 's

text: military

text: forces

text: The

text: governor

text: has

text: the

text: duty

text: to

text: enforce

text: state

text: laws

text: and

text: the

text: power

text: to

text: either

text: approve

text: or

text: veto

text: bills

text: passed

text: by

text: the

text: Virginia

text: General

text: Assembly

text: to

text: convene

text: the

text: legislature

text: and

text: to

text: grant

text: pardons

text: except

text: in

text: cases

text: of

text: impeachment

text: The

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text: constitution

text: of

text: created

text: the

text: office

text: of

text: governor

text: to

text: be

text: elected

text: annually

text: by

text: the

text: state

text: legislature

text: The

text: governor

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text: serve

text: up

text: to

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text: years

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text: time

text: and

text: once

text: out

text: of

text: office

text: could

text: not

text: serve

text: again

text: for

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text: years

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text: the

text: thrice

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text: first

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text: an

text: election

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text: constitution

text: also

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text: governors

text: from

text: succeeding

text: themselves

text: prohibition

text: that

text: exists

text: to

text: the

text: present

text: day

text: The

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text: the

text: legislature

text: The

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text: governor

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text: term

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text: moved

text: to

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text: first

text: day

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text: February

text: by

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text: constitution

text: and

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text: Saturday

text: after

text: the

text: second

text: Wednesday

text: in

text: January

text: by

text: the

text: and

text: current

text: constitution

text: If

text: the

text: office

text: of

text: governor

text: is

text: vacant

text: due

text: to

text: disqualification

text: death

text: or

text: resignation

text: the

text: lieutenant

text: governor

text: becomes

text: governor

text: The

text: office

text: of

text: lieutenant

text: governor

text: was

text: created

text: in

text: Prior

text: to

text: then

text: Council

text: of

text: State

text: existed

text: which

text: chose

text: president

text: among

text: its

text: members

text: who

text: would

text: be

text: Lieutenant

text: Governor

text: who

text: would

text: act

text: as

text: governor

text: in

text: time

text: of

text: absence

text: in

text: the

text: office

text: Officially

text: there

text: have

text: been

text: governors

text: of

text: Virginia

text: the

text: acting

text: governors

text: are

text: not

text: counted

text: The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Prior to the American War of Independence, the upper house of the General Assembly was represented by the Virginia Governor's Council, consisting of up to 12 executive counselors appointed by the Colonial Royal Governor as advisers and jurists.

text: The

text: Senate

text: of

text: Virginia

text: is

text: the

text: upper

text: house

text: of

text: the

text: Virginia

text: General

text: Assembly

text: The

text: Senate

text: is

text: composed

text: of

text: Senators

text: representing

text: an

text: equal

text: number

text: of

text: single

text: member

text: constituent

text: districts

text: The

text: Senate

text: is

text: presided

text: over

text: by

text: the

text: Lieutenant

text: Governor

text: of

text: Virginia

text: Prior

text: to

text: the

text: American

text: War

text: of

text: Independence

text: the

text: upper

text: house

text: of

text: the

text: General

text: Assembly

text: was

text: represented

text: by

text: the

text: Virginia

text: Governor

text: 's

text: Council

text: consisting

text: of

text: up

text: to

text: executive

text: counselors

text: appointed

text: by

text: the

text: Colonial

text: Royal

text: Governor

text: as

text: advisers

text: and

text: jurists

text:
Command generally refers to the ability to "dominate an area of situation".
There are several definitions of command and control (C2). According to older versions of U.S. Army FM 3-0, C2 in a military organization is the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commanding officer over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. The term may also refer to command and control systems within a military system.

text: Command

text: generally

text: refers

text: to

text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: dominate

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: situation

text: There

text: are

text: several

text: definitions

text: of

text: command

text: and

text: control

text: According

text: to

text: older

text: versions

text: of

text: U.S.

text: Army

text: FM

text: in

text: military

text: organization

text: is

text: the

text: exercise

text: of

text: authority

text: and

text: direction

text: by

text: properly

text: designated

text: commanding

text: officer

text: over

text: assigned

text: and

text: attached

text: forces

text: in

text: the

text: accomplishment

text: of

text: the

text: mission

text: The

text: term

text: may

text: also

text: refer

text: to

text: command

text: and

text: control

text: systems

text: within

text: military

text: system

text: An indictment, in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offencean offence that requires an indictment.

text: An

text: indictment

text: in

text: the

text: common

text: law

text: system

text: is

text: formal

text: accusation

text: that

text: person

text: has

text: committed

text: crime

text: In

text: jurisdictions

text: that

text: use

text: the

text: concept

text: of

text: felonies

text: the

text: most

text: serious

text: criminal

text: offence

text: is

text: felony

text: jurisdictions

text: that

text: do

text: not

text: use

text: the

text: concept

text: of

text: felonies

text: often

text: use

text: that

text: of

text: an

text: indictable

text: offencean

text: offence

text: that

text: requires

text: an

text: indictment

text: A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state. In developing the current Constitution of France (1958), former French president Charles de Gaulle said the head of state should embody "the spirit of the nation" (""). In some countries, typically those with parliamentary governments, the head of state is a ceremonial figurehead that does not actually guide day-to-day government activities and may not even be empowered to exercise any kind of political authority (e.g., Queen Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom). In other countries, the head of state is also the head of government, such as in the U.S., where the president is both a public figurehead and the actual highest ranking political leader who, in practice, oversees the executive branch.

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: or

text: chief

text: of

text: state

text: is

text: the

text: public

text: persona

text: that

text: officially

text: represents

text: the

text: national

text: unity

text: and

text: legitimacy

text: of

text: sovereign

text: state

text: In

text: developing

text: the

text: current

text: Constitution

text: of

text: France

text: former

text: French

text: president

text: Charles

text: de

text: Gaulle

text: said

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: should

text: embody

text: the

text: spirit

text: of

text: the

text: nation

text: In

text: some

text: countries

text: typically

text: those

text: with

text: parliamentary

text: governments

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: is

text: ceremonial

text: figurehead

text: that

text: does

text: not

text: actually

text: guide

text: day

text: to

text: day

text: government

text: activities

text: and

text: may

text: not

text: even

text: be

text: empowered

text: to

text: exercise

text: any

text: kind

text: of

text: political

text: authority

text: e.g.

text: Queen

text: Elizabeth

text: II

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: In

text: other

text: countries

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: is

text: also

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: government

text: such

text: as

text: in

text: the

text: U.S.

text: where

text: the

text: president

text: is

text: both

text: public

text: figurehead

text: and

text: the

text: actual

text: highest

text: ranking

text: political

text: leader

text: who

text: in

text: practice

text: oversees

text: the

text: executive

text: branch

text: Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the civilian political leadership, rather than professional military officers. The reverse situation, where professional military officers control national politics, is called a military dictatorship. A lack of control over the military may result in a state within a state. One author, paraphrasing Samuel P. Huntington's writings in "The Soldier and the State", has summarized the civilian control ideal as "the proper subordination of a competent, professional military to the ends of policy as determined by civilian authority".

text: Civilian

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: military

text: is

text: doctrine

text: in

text: military

text: and

text: political

text: science

text: that

text: places

text: ultimate

text: responsibility

text: for

text: country

text: 's

text: strategic

text: decision

text: making

text: in

text: the

text: hands

text: of

text: the

text: civilian

text: political

text: leadership

text: rather

text: than

text: professional

text: military

text: officers

text: The

text: reverse

text: situation

text: where

text: professional

text: military

text: officers

text: control

text: national

text: politics

text: is

text: called

text: military

text: dictatorship

text: lack

text: of

text: control

text: over

text: the

text: military

text: may

text: result

text: in

text: state

text: within

text: state

text: One

text: author

text: paraphrasing

text: Samuel

text: Huntington

text: 's

text: writings

text: in

text: The

text: Soldier

text: and

text: the

text: State

text: has

text: summarized

text: the

text: civilian

text: control

text: ideal

text: as

text: the

text: proper

text: subordination

text: of

text: competent

text: professional

text: military

text: to

text: the

text: ends

text: of

text: policy

text: as

text: determined

text: by

text: civilian

text: authority

text: A veto  Latin for "I forbid"  is the power (used by an officer of the state, for example) to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation. A veto can be absolute, as for instance in the United Nations Security Council, whose permanent members (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America) can block any resolution. Or it can be limited, as in the legislative process of the United States, where a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation. A veto gives power only to stop changes, not to adopt them (except for the rare "amendatory veto"). Thus a veto allows its holder to protect the status quo.

text: veto

text: Latin

text: for

text: forbid

text: is

text: the

text: power

text: used

text: by

text: an

text: officer

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: for

text: example

text: to

text: unilaterally

text: stop

text: an

text: official

text: action

text: especially

text: the

text: enactment

text: of

text: legislation

text: veto

text: can

text: be

text: absolute

text: as

text: for

text: instance

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Nations

text: Security

text: Council

text: whose

text: permanent

text: members

text: China

text: France

text: Russia

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: United

text: States

text: of

text: America

text: can

text: block

text: any

text: resolution

text: Or

text: it

text: can

text: be

text: limited

text: as

text: in

text: the

text: legislative

text: process

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: where

text: two

text: thirds

text: vote

text: in

text: both

text: the

text: House

text: and

text: Senate

text: may

text: override

text: Presidential

text: veto

text: of

text: legislation

text: veto

text: gives

text: power

text: only

text: to

text: stop

text: changes

text: not

text: to

text: adopt

text: them

text: except

text: for

text: the

text: rare

text: amendatory

text: veto

text: Thus

text: veto

text: allows

text: its

text: holder

text: to

text: protect

text: the

text: status

text: quo

text: The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term. The current holder of the office is Terry McAuliffe, who was sworn in on January 11, 2014. His term will expire on January 13, 2018. McAuliffe is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the office on November 5, 2013, to succeed Republican Bob McDonnell.

text: The

text: Governor

text: of

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Virginia

text: serves

text: as

text: the

text: chief

text: executive

text: of

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Virginia

text: for

text: four

text: year

text: term

text: The

text: current

text: holder

text: of

text: the

text: office

text: is

text: Terry

text: McAuliffe

text: who

text: was

text: sworn

text: in

text: on

text: January

text: His

text: term

text: will

text: expire

text: on

text: January

text: McAuliffe

text: is

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: Democratic

text: Party

text: and

text: was

text: elected

text: to

text: the

text: office

text: on

text: November

text: to

text: succeed

text: Republican

text: Bob

text: McDonnell

text: An upper house, sometimes called a Senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller, and often has more restricted power, than the lower house. Examples of upper houses in countries include the UK's House of Lords, Canada's Senate, India's Rajya Sabha, Russia's Federation Council, Ireland's Seanad, Germany's Bundesrat and the United States Senate.

text: An

text: upper

text: house

text: sometimes

text: called

text: Senate

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: two

text: chambers

text: of

text: bicameral

text: legislature

text: or

text: one

text: of

text: three

text: chambers

text: of

text: tricameral

text: legislature

text: the

text: other

text: chamber

text: being

text: the

text: lower

text: house

text: The

text: house

text: formally

text: designated

text: as

text: the

text: upper

text: house

text: is

text: usually

text: smaller

text: and

text: often

text: has

text: more

text: restricted

text: power

text: than

text: the

text: lower

text: house

text: Examples

text: of

text: upper

text: houses

text: in

text: countries

text: include

text: the

text: UK

text: 's

text: House

text: of

text: Lords

text: Canada

text: 's

text: Senate

text: India

text: 's

text: Rajya

text: Sabha

text: Russia

text: 's

text: Federation

text: Council

text: Ireland

text: 's

text: Seanad

text: Germany

text: 's

text: Bundesrat

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Senate

text: The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years along with the Governor and Attorney General. The office is currently held by Democrat Ralph Northam. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately and thus may be of different political parties. The lieutenant governor's office is located in the Oliver Hill Building on Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia. The lieutenant governor serves as the President of the Senate of Virginia and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. Unlike the governor, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia can run for re-election.

text: The

text: Lieutenant

text: Governor

text: is

text: constitutional

text: officer

text: of

text: the

text: Commonwealth

text: of

text: Virginia

text: The

text: Lieutenant

text: Governor

text: is

text: elected

text: every

text: four

text: years

text: along

text: with

text: the

text: Governor

text: and

text: Attorney

text: General

text: The

text: office

text: is

text: currently

text: held

text: by

text: Democrat

text: Ralph

text: Northam

text: The

text: governor

text: and

text: lieutenant

text: governor

text: are

text: elected

text: separately

text: and

text: thus

text: may

text: be

text: of

text: different

text: political

text: parties

text: The

text: lieutenant

text: governor

text: 's

text: office

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: Oliver

text: Hill

text: Building

text: on

text: Capitol

text: Square

text: in

text: Richmond

text: Virginia

text: The

text: lieutenant

text: governor

text: serves

text: as

text: the

text: President

text: of

text: the

text: Senate

text: of

text: Virginia

text: and

text: is

text: first

text: in

text: the

text: line

text: of

text: succession

text: to

text: the

text: governor

text: in

text: the

text: event

text: the

text: governor

text: dies

text: resigns

text: or

text: otherwise

text: leaves

text: office

text: the

text: lieutenant

text: governor

text: becomes

text: governor

text: Unlike

text: the

text: governor

text: the

text: Lieutenant

text: Governor

text: of

text: Virginia

text: can

text: run

text: for

text: re

text: election

text: A commander-in-chief is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces or significant elements of those forces. In the latter case, the force element is those forces within a particular region, or associated by function. As a practical term; it refers to military competencies that reside in a nation-state's executive leadershipeither a head of state, a head of government, a minister of defence, a national cabinet, or some other collegial body. Often, a given country's commander-in-chief (if held by an official) need not be or have been a commissioned officer or even a veteran. This follows the principle of civilian control of the military.

text: commander

text: in

text: chief

text: is

text: the

text: person

text: or

text: body

text: that

text: exercises

text: supreme

text: operational

text: command

text: and

text: control

text: of

text: nation

text: 's

text: military

text: forces

text: or

text: significant

text: elements

text: of

text: those

text: forces

text: In

text: the

text: latter

text: case

text: the

text: force

text: element

text: is

text: those

text: forces

text: within

text: particular

text: region

text: or

text: associated

text: by

text: function

text: As

text: practical

text: term

text: it

text: refers

text: to

text: military

text: competencies

text: that

text: reside

text: in

text: nation

text: state

text: 's

text: executive

text: leadershipeither

text: head

text: of

text: state

text: head

text: of

text: government

text: minister

text: of

text: defence

text: national

text: cabinet

text: or

text: some

text: other

text: collegial

text: body

text: Often

text: given

text: country

text: 's

text: commander

text: in

text: chief

text: if

text: held

text: by

text: an

text: official

text: need

text: not

text: be

text: or

text: have

text: been

text: commissioned

text: officer

text: or

text: even

text: veteran

text: This

text: follows

text: the

text: principle

text: of

text: civilian

text: control

text: of

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text: Head of government is a generic term used for either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, (commonly referred to as countries, nations or nation-states) who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments. The term "head of government" is often differentiated from the term "head of state", (e.g. as in article 7 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, article 1 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents and the United Nations protocol list), as they may be separate positions, individuals, and/or roles depending on the country.

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text: The Virginia House of Delegates is one of two parts in the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the House membership by the Delegates. The Speaker is almost always a member of the majority party and, as Speaker, becomes the most powerful member of the House. The House shares legislative power with the Senate of Virginia, the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The House of Delegates is the modern-day successor to the Virginia House of Burgesses, which first met at Jamestown in 1619. The House is divided into Democratic and Republican caucuses. In addition to the Speaker, there is a majority leader, majority caucus chair, minority leader, minority caucus chair, and the chairs of the several committees of the House.

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text: The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the oldest continuous law-making body in the New World, established on July 30, 1619. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members, and an upper house, the Senate of Virginia, with 40 members. Combined together, the General Assembly consists of 140 elected representatives from an equal number of constituent districts across the commonwealth. The House of Delegates is presided over by the Speaker of the House, while the Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. The House and Senate each elect a clerk and sergeant-at-arms. The Senate of Virginia's clerk is known as the "Clerk of the Senate" (instead of as the "Secretary of the Senate," the title used by the U.S. Senate).

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question: named_after list of governors of virginia

answer: governor of virginia

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