The president works in the West Wing of the White House The Presidents main job is to carry out the laws passed by Congress The Oval Office Chief Executive The President must make sure that a wide range of laws are put into action He meets constantly with his inner circle the E ID: 747666
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Roles of the PresidentSlide2
Chief Executive
The president works in the West Wing of the White House.
The
President’s main job is to carry out the laws passed by Congress. Slide3
The Oval Office.
Chief Executive
The President must make sure that a wide range of laws are put into action. He meets constantly with his “inner circle,” the Executive Office of the President.Slide4
President Obama appointed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. He decided to keep Bush’s Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates in charge at the Pentagon.
Chief Executive
The President issues executive orders, creates regulations and appoints a variety of government officials.Slide5
Chief
Administrator
President
Obama
leads a meeting of the heads of all the executive departments
(the Cabinet).
The president is in charge of many departments and agencies which help him carry out the laws passed by Congress
. He is the “boss” of the executive branch.Slide6
Chief
Administrator
Timothy
Geithner
is the Secretary of Treasury and is directing the President’s economic recovery program.
The
President directs the heads of departments and agencies to carry out his policies.Slide7
Chief Diplomat
Bush signs free trade agreement (a treaty) with
Prime Minister
Chok
Tong
Goh
of Singapore.
The president directs the foreign policy of the U.S., making key decisions about how we act toward other nations.Slide8
Chief Diplomat
Obama meets the Ghanaian president, John Atta Mills, at the Presidential PalaceSlide9
Chief Diplomat
President Obama spoke to the Muslim world at Cairo University.Slide10
Chief DiplomatSlide11
Commander-in-Chief
The president is in charge of the army, navy, air force and marines. The top commanders answer to the president.Slide12
Commander-in-Chief
Bush serves Thanksgiving dinner to troops in Baghdad.Slide13
Legislative Leader
Surrounded by Congressional leaders, the President
signs a
bill
into law.
The president tries to persuade Congress to pass laws (legislation) which support his goals for the government.Slide14
Legislative Leader
In his State of the Union Address, the president tells
Congress what he would like them to do in the next year.Slide15
Legislative Leader
In September, 2009, President Obama made it clear to Congress that he wanted a health-care reform bill passed.Slide16
Head of State
The
Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar
is welcomed to the U.S. by our President.
The president is
a living symbol of our nation
. He carries out
ceremonial functions
for Americans.Slide17
Head of State
Mrs.
Gursharan
Kaur
, the wife of Prime Minister
Manmohan
Singh, talks with President Barack Obama during the State Dinner at the White House, Nov. 24, 2009.Slide18
President Bush honors the 2002 World Champion Anaheim Angels in the White House Rose Garden.
Head of StateSlide19
Head of State
President
Obama welcomed the 2009 Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers to the White House.Slide20
Head of State
President Bush honors the 2006 National Teacher of the Year Kimberly Oliver.Slide21
Head of State
President Bush congratulates 2004 National Spelling Bee winner David Tiomarsh.Slide22
Head of State
President Bush is presented with the the Olympic torch from Paralympic gold medalist Chris Devlin-Young.Slide23
Economic Leader
The President promotes his economic program.
The president tries to help the country’s economy prosper by dealing with such problems as unemployment and high taxes.Slide24
Economic Leader
The
President visits a wind turbine factory in Pennsylvania and an equipment plant in Illinois.
The president tries to help the country’s economy prosper by dealing with such problems as unemployment and high taxes.Slide25
Economic Leader
Bush meets with workers at a food processing plant in New Jersey.Slide26
Party Leader
George Bush helps a famous actor campaign for governor of California.
The president is the head of his political party. He helps the party raise money, and helps other party members win elections.Slide27
Party Leader
Barack Obama helped the
Creigh
Deeds campaign a little bit, but the Democratic candidate was not eager for help from the White House.
The president is the head of his political party. He helps the party raise money, and helps other party members win elections.Slide28
Regular Guy
George H.W. Bush enjoys a stroll with his dog, Millie, and her puppies on the White House lawn in 1989.Slide29
Regular Guy
George H.W. Bush stays busy while Millie snoozes on the couch.
Bush’s son George stays busy while Millie’s son Spot snoozes under the table.Slide30
The president discusses important policy matters with his Scottish Terriers, Barney and Miss Beazley.Slide31
Barney was sometimes allowed to conduct press conferences.Slide32
First Lady Laura Bush with Barney and Miss Beasely.Slide33
The Obamas with their Portuguese Water Dog puppy, Bo.Slide34
It will be a long time before Bo can just lay around the White House.Slide35Slide36Slide37
Got it?Slide38
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
Obama
meets with Mexican President
Felipe Calderon.
Chief DiplomatSlide39
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
The President meets with government officials to discuss rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
Chief
AdministratorSlide40
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
Obama tours a solar panel plant. He recently announced a $3.4 billion plan to develop a national “smart grid.”
Economic LeaderSlide41
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
The White House holds a formal dinner for Charles, the Prince of Wales.
Head of StateSlide42
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
Bush holds a press conference at the Pentagon with his national security team.
Commander-in-ChiefSlide43
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
Obama
gladly accepts the nomination for president at the
2008 Democratic
national convention.
Party LeaderSlide44
Chief Executive Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader Party Leader
Surrounded by members of Congress, Bush signs a recently-passed bill.
Legislative LeaderSlide45
Chief Executive Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader Party Leader
President Bush, with Vice-President Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condolezza Rice meet with Nigerian President Olusengun Obasanjo and other Nigerian officials.
Chief DiplomatSlide46
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
President Bush announces the appointment of Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Economic LeaderSlide47
Chief Executive Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader
Obama meets with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Party Leader
Legislative LeaderSlide48
Obama announces greenhouse gas emission standards (regulations) for vehicles too be carried implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chief Administrator
Chief
Executive
Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Head of State
Economic Leader
Party Leader