This webpage will introduce and explain two major roles of the President.
Those roles are party leader and chief of state.
A person
becomes the leader of the party, when he/she is elected President.
Being a party leader carries no special privileges or powers. The President
tries to help his party by appointing party members with government jobs
and making speeches and permerences in support of party members who are
running for election. Some other ways the President can advance the goals
of his or her party are making treaties, appointing officials, and
making laws. Inthe same way, the President's party tries to help the president
in any way they can. Much of what happens in the national government
is influenced by the President.
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here to view President's role of party leader
The President
acts as a symbol of the United States' government because of his or her
fimiliar ways of speaking and acting. The President also represents
citizens from all fifty states, which Congress can not do. Many people
admire the President and his family. The President can show America's
support of arts by inviting musicians to perform at the White House.
By attending a funeral for another nations leader, the President exspresses
the United States respect for the leader and the nation. The role of chief
of state is more difficult to distinguish from the other roles of the President.
"For example, when the President meets with leaders of other nations to
discuss important matters, these occasions usually involve speeches and
ceremonies in which the President acts as chief of state. When the
discussions turn to the business at hand, however, the President once again
assumes the role of chief of diplomat or Cheif Exectutive."
President Bush meets with Brazillian President Fernando Herique
President Bush meets with Japaneese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
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