Question: Are these other languages learned in the country of Eisenhower's VP as popular as the language of the people who own the oldest navy in the world?

On the domestic front, he covertly opposed Joseph McCarthy and contributed to the end of McCarthyism by openly invoking the modern expanded version of executive privilege. He otherwise left most political activity to his Vice President, Richard Nixon. He was a moderate conservative who continued New Deal agencies and expanded Social Security. He also launched the Interstate Highway System, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the establishment of strong science education via the National Defense Education Act, and encouraged peaceful use of nuclear power via amendments to the Atomic Energy Act. <SEP> in the 1960 election to choose his successor, eisenhower endorsed his own vice president, republican richard nixon against democrat john f. kennedy. he told friends, "i will do almost anything to avoid turning my chair and country over to kennedy." he actively campaigned for nixon in the final days, although he may have done nixon some harm. when asked by reporters at the end of a televised press conference to list one of nixon's policy ideas he had adopted, eisenhower joked, "if you give me a week, i might think of one. i don't remember." kennedy's campaign used the quote in one of its campaign commercials. nixon narrowly lost to kennedy. eisenhower, who was the oldest president in history at that time (then 70), was succeeded by the youngest elected president, as kennedy was 43. <SEP> the authority and responsibilities of the president was similar to that of the president of the united states: to serve the people of texas, and to serve as the head of the military and the state. these were detailed in the constitution of the republic of texas of 1836. the constitution specified a term of two years for the first elected president (sam houston) and terms of three years thereafter; the president could not succeed himself, but there were otherwise no term limits. the president was elected separately from the vice president, by popular vote, and there was no requirement to be native - born. a strict reading of the constitution provided for women's suffrage (that is, both men and women were citizens and could vote for congress, president, and other offices), but women and preachers or priests were not allowed to serve as president or in congress. indians and africans and those of african descent could not be citizens. <SEP> Spanish is currently the most widely taught non-English language in American secondary schools and of higher education. More than 1.4 million university students were enrolled in language courses in autumn of 2002 and Spanish is the most widely taught language in American colleges and universities with 53 percent of the total number of people enrolled, followed by French (14.4%), German (7.1%), Italian (4.5%), American Sign language (4.3%), Japanese (3.7%), and Chinese (2.4%) although the totals remain relatively small in relation to the total U.S population. <SEP> The British Royal Marines combine being both a ship - based force and also being specially trained in commando - style operations and tactics, operating in some cases separately from the rest of the Royal Navy. The Spanish Infantería de Marina was formed in 1537, making it the oldest, current marine force in the world. The Royal Marines also have their own special forces unit. <SEP> Yugoslavia had a liberal travel policy permitting foreigners to freely travel through the country and its citizens to travel worldwide, whereas it was limited by most Communist countries. Tito met many world leaders during his rule, such as Soviet rulers Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev; Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, Indian politicians Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi; British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher; U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; other political leaders, dignitaries and heads of state that Tito met at least once in his lifetime included Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Yasser Arafat, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Georges Pompidou, Queen Elizabeth II, Hua Guofeng, Kim Il Sung, Sukarno, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Suharto, Idi Amin, Haile Selassie, Kenneth Kaunda, Gaddafi, Erich Honecker, Nicolae Ceaușescu, János Kádár and Urho Kekkonen. A number[quantify] of Yugoslav citizens worked throughout Western Europe. He also met numerous celebrities.