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A Day In The Life Of The President

The President’s Roles

Chief Executive: Responsible for enforcing the laws of the United States as well as being in charge of thousands of government workers within the Executive Department

Commander-In-Chief: In charge of all branches of the military and creates defense policy

Chief Diplomat: Establishes foreign policy and appoints diplomats

Chief of State: Ceremonial leader and living symbol of the United States

Chief of Party: Leader of his/her political party

Chief Legislator: Makes recommendations for Congress regarding bills as well as vetoing bills

Chief Economist: Create a prosperous American economy and manage the federal budget

Chief Judiciary: Appoints judges, grants pardons, amnesty, and reprieves

The President’s Schedule

Write in the blank provided the role(s) of the President in each of the following scenarios

A.M.

6:30 Awakened by a staff member, the President listens to a brief report on events that occurred during the night.

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7:00 Meets with the Chief of Staff to review the day’s schedule

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7:30 Meets with Congressional leaders for breakfast and discusses a major tax bill

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8:00 Meets with National Security Advisors who explain the latest intelligence report on troop strength overseas

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8:20 Meets with the Press Secretary in the Oval Office to review questions that will probably be asked at an evening press conference

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9:00 Meets with a staff member to review important bills to be considered in the House and Senate

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9:40 Confers with an advisor about procedures to improve the handling of the 70,000 letters received each week at the White House

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10:00 Addresses a group of award-winning high school students in the Rose Garden

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10:40 Meets with the Secretaries of State and Defense to discuss strategy for upcoming conference with European heads of state

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11:15 Agrees to grant a pardon to an American official wrongfully accused of spying

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11:30 Meets with political leaders to discuss plans for an upcoming campaign tour

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P.M.

12:00 Writes a message stating various reasons for vetoing a bill

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12:40 Meets with the Vice President over lunch and to discuss plans for attending the funeral for a foreign leader

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2:00 Meets with the Attorney General to consider several possible appointments to the post of FBI Director

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2:40 Meets with the governor of a state recently damaged by flooding to discuss federal relief measures

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3:40 Signs several bills and responds to letters by party leaders

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4:20 Meets with several labor leaders to discuss new bills on working conditions

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5:20 Meets with Joint Chiefs of Staff to review the military situation overseas

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6:00 Dines with a group of people who may contribute large sums of money to his/her political party

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7:30 Responds to 25 questions about domestic and foreign issues during a televised press conference

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8:30 Writes a report for Congress so they will approve his nomination for Supreme Court Justice

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9:30 Returns to the Oval Office to read a stack of reports, memos, and letters

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11:00 Wearily climbs into bed

Reflection Questions

Complete in paragraph form on a separate sheet of paper

1. Which job of the President do you believe to be the most important? Which job is the least

important? Why? Explain your reasoning

2. Is the job of the President too big for one person? Why or why not? Explain your reasoning.

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