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Roles of the President of the United States

Roles of the President of the United States. http://www.redstate.com/absentee/files/2010/08/obamamakeover.jpg. By : Tyler King. Chief of State. As the Chief of State, the president is a living symbol of the nation .

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Roles of the President of the United States

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  1. Roles of the President of the United States http://www.redstate.com/absentee/files/2010/08/obamamakeover.jpg By : Tyler King

  2. Chief of State • As the Chief of State, the president is a living symbol of the nation. • Also as the Chief of State the president performs many ceremonial duties such as awarding medals and throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game http://www.wonkette.com/images/2006/04/president%20george%20bush%20throws%20out%20the%20first%20pitch.jpg

  3. Chief Executive • As Chief Executive, the President's job is to enforce federal laws, treaties, and federal court hearings, develop federal policies, to prepare the national budget, and to appoint federal officials • The president is assisted by his cabinet in the duties of Chief Executive http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/files/.a/6a00d8341cc90353ef010535db9bbd970b-pi.jpg

  4. Chief Administrator • The President is the chief administrator of the federal government. He is responsible for all federal departments, including cabinet departments, such as the State Department, and independent agencies, such as NASA. http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/bush_nasa_f.jpg

  5. Chief Diplomat • As chief Diplomat, the President's job is to conduct foreign policy by directing the actions of American ambassadors as well as meeting with leaders of foreign nations http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/1526578.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FDEDCA8574A189EEC878032640DDF92355CB2D04ED4C51CF9DE30A760B0D811297

  6. Commander in Chief • As Commander in Chief the president holds the power of supreme leader of the nations military having final say on all military decisions. • The president is assisted in this role by many top generals and admirals of the armed forces as well as many retired military personnel who serve on his cabinet http://cryptome.org/info/af-war-women-1005/pict41.jpg

  7. Chief Legislator • As Chief Legislator, the President's job is to give information to Congress via the State of the Union, to recommend measures for Congress to consider, and to sign or veto bills. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/02/images/20050202-11_lx-2005-02-03-001-0-515h.jpg

  8. Chief of the Party • As the Chief of the Party the president helps members of his political party get elected or appointed to office. • The president campaigns for those members who have supported his policies http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/obama_11_05/obama14_16192049.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_next_president_of_the_unit.html&usg=__4vAANVtSh8iksGqq69KHoO5a5Fc=&h=636&w=990&sz=286&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=yp4vxKWnmJfZaM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=182&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dobama%2Bnational%2Bconvention%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D624%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=805&vpy=339&dur=1628&hovh=180&hovw=280&tx=160&ty=96&ei=kNLhTOjNEMSqlAeCz9TxDA&oei=kNLhTOjNEMSqlAeCz9TxDA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:20,s:0

  9. Chief Citizen • As Chief Citizen, the President's job is to represent the people and to work for the public interest. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn.wn.com/pd/36/8d/0bc5ee97ba0537e3309aae8ffaeb_grande.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wn.com/charter_school&usg=__5RzyTin1RoGxxmJOXYcwX0bONSk=&h=311&w=468&sz=37&hl=en&start=72&zoom=1&tbnid=sy6zgttSn1VFqM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=192&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbush%2Bmeeting%2Bwith%2Bcivilians%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D624%26tbs%3Disch:10,1847&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=521&vpy=309&dur=746&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=137&ty=66&ei=BtPhTMq_IMuTnwfb0N38Dw&oei=-dLhTO7vEIT6lwfl_qWCDQ&esq=5&page=5&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:72&biw=1366&bih=624

  10. Sources: • http://presidentrwreagan.tripod.com/ • http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4683 • http://www.historycentral.com/Civics/Pres/administrator.html

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