A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning wakefulness (Greek: pannychis, ÏÎ±Î½Î½ÏÏÎ¯Ï or agrypnia á¼Î³ÏÏÏÎ½Î¯Î±), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means eve (as in on the eve of the war).
NIAC Calls for White House Aide Sebastian Gorkaâs Resignation or Dismissal. âWe call on Sebastian Gourka to immediately resign his post as Trumpâs top counterterrorism aide. Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin and cannot be allowed in the most sacred halls of Americaâs democracy.
Obama administration meeting in the Roosevelt Room. The Roosevelt Room is a meeting room in the West Wing of the White House, the official home and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located almost in the center of the West Wing, near the Oval Office, the room is named for two related U.S. presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who both contributed significantly to the design and construction of the West Wing.