The President and his cabinet

 1. Chief of state: Ceremonial head of government, symbol of the nation  2. Chief executive: Boss, most powerful office in the world  3. Chief administrator: Director of the whole executive branch, administration has 2.7 million employees  Chief diplomat: Deals with foreign affairs

 Commander in chief: controls armed forces  Chief legislature: architect of public policies, sets up major items for congress to consider  Chief of party: Head of major political party  Chief citizen: work for and respect public interest

 35 years old  Natural born citizen  Lived 14 years in the United States

 2 full terms (8 years)  But if they take over during someone else’s term they can serve no more than 10 years  This was just a tradition but FDR broke the tradition by winning 4 terms, so the people made the 22 nd ammendment

 In 1789 it was $25,000  Now $400,000  $50,000 spending allowance  White house  Air Force One  Camp David  Medical

 The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.

 Attorney general- chief attorney, chief of law enforcement, Eric Holder  Secretary of State- chief foreign affairs advisor, Hillary Clinton  Secretary of Education- Arne Duncan  Secretary of Homeland Security- advisor in defense policies, Leon Panetta  Secretary of Interior-Parks and Land affairs, Ken Salzar

Let’s go through the top 5 1. Vice President 2. Speaker of the House 3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate- decided by senate, usually longest serving (Daniel Inouye) 4. Secretary of State- Hillary Clinton 5. Secretary of the Treasury-Timothy Geither

Lots of issues for 180 yrs Eisenhower- heart attack, ileitis, and stroke Garfield- lingered from a bullet for 80 days Wilson- stroke and invalid  25 th Amendment (67)  1. If President puts it in writing  2. Vice President and majority of cabinet in writing  President just needs to inform Congress that he is better to get position back  It’s happened twice:  Reagan during surgery  George w. Bush during anesthesia

“ It worries me that he just wants to be vice president when he grows up.’

 Please tell me his name….now!

 1. Presides over the Senate  2. Helps decide presidential disability  3. President in waiting