Presidential Roles
The president serves as a model citizen in this informal role
What is First Citizen or Citizen of State?
The executive branch is organized into the federal bureaucracy, with this group at the top.
What is the Cabinet?
The Cabinet includes 15 of these, who are the leaders of their respective executive departments.
What are secretaries?
The Constitution places two limits on the president's military power: the president cannot fund the military and the president cannot do this without the approval of Congress.
What is declare war?
The Department of Defense employs military and civilian workers and maintains military sites around the world. It operates this.
What is the military?
The president leads the military in this formal role.
What is Commander in Chief?
The president is the head of the executive branch and oversees the enactment and enforcement of laws. He is elected every how many years?
What is four?
The Cabinet oversees executive departments and the heads of these agencies.
What are independent agencies?
The Senate must approve many of the president's actions, including appointing ambassadors, making treaties, and appointing a cabinet. They must also approve the president's appointments of these judicial officials.
What are judges?
The Department of State, the fourth in line for the presidency, settles disputes with other countries and travels and operates embassies as a representative of this.
What are the United States?
The president addresses Congress and the media to generate support for bills as part of this informal role.
What is Chief Legislator?
The vice president serves as the president of this legislative body.
What is the Senate?
Cabinet members serve as an advisory body to the president. The president appoints a cabinet member, and this legislative body confirms the appointment.
What is the Senate?
One of the president's powers is granting these, which provide legal forgiveness for offenses.
What are pardons?
Independent executive agencies often perform more specialized functions than executive departments, are organized like cabinet departments but do not have cabinet status. One example is this agency, responsible for intelligence gathering.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
The president directs the nation's foreign policy and makes treaties in this formal role.
What is Head Diplomat or representative of the nation?
The Executive Office of the President advises the president and is led by this person.
Who is the Chief of Staff?
Two of the main roles played by the executive departments are protecting the safety and security of the public and protecting the public's overall well-being, also known as this.
What is welfare?
Though executive branch powers are limited, this process is a major way to remove a president.
What is impeachment?
Regulatory agencies create rules and oversee businesses, create rules, oversee businesses with the force of law, inspect businesses, and impose policies. They set these for businesses and enforce those standards.
What are standards?
One way the president can respond quickly to economic, social, or political needs is by issuing these.
What are executive orders?
The Constitution requires the president to periodically address Congress with this.
What is the State of the Union address?
The Constitution states that the president may require the opinions, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. In other words, the president can seek advice from this group.
What is the Cabinet?
One presidential power is the ability to make these agreements with other countries.
What are treaties?
One responsibility of the Department of the Treasury is to manage this aspect of the US.
What is the economy?