Presidential Advisers and First Ladies

Executive Office of the President For most of our early history the size of the White House staff was small and limited to a handful of cabinet members, secretaries, and advisers 1939: Franklin Roosevelt created the Executive Office of the President in order to coordinate all the people that work in a President’s administration As the number of responsibilities the President had increased so did the need for a larger staff; today there about 2,000 employees in the Executive Branch

Parts of the E.O.P. White House Office: consists of about 500 people who work directly for the president, about 10 to 12 close advisers White house staff can control what information comes from the President’s office and who is allowed to see the President Office of Management and Budget: prepares the federal budget and monitors the spending of govt. agencies; budget=what?

Parts of the E.O.P. National Security Council: helps the President coordinate US military and foreign policy Members include V.P. the sec. of defense and state, and the top commanders from each of the armed services; President may invite additional people Office of Administration: provides administrative services for executive branch Council of Economic Advisers: give economic advice; President picks the 3 members and the Senate approves them

The Cabinet Cabinet: is a group of presidential advisers that includes the heads of the 15 top level executive departments; department heads are called secretaries except for Attorney General Secretaries advise the president on issues related to their departments and make important policy decisions Cabinet is not mentioned in the Constitution, began as a tradition under Washington Presidents decide when the cabinet meets and he can decide to largely ignore their advice Condolezza Rice, first black female Sec. of State

First Ladies The Constitution does not mention the spouse of a president President’s wife is called the “First Lady”, what if we had a female president? Some first ladies choose to become involved in a cause or politics Eleanor Roosevelt was a spokeswomen for the poor, first US ambassador to the UN Nancy Reagan spoke out against drug abuse, Hillary Clinton was an influential advisor to Bill Clinton Eleanor Roosevelt visiting a coal mine

Article on Michelle Obama Lunches

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Reality of School Lunch

Reimbursement for free lunch is $2.98 CHICKEN NUGGETS: $0.60 BREAD ROLL: $0.32 CORN: $0.20 SALAD: $0.32 FRUIT: $0.23 MILK: $0.30 TOTAL: $ 1.97 Cost is food cost only Not supplies and labor Reimbursement for free lunch is $2.98

School Lunch Economics Price Healthy Food is expensive Less Students buying lunch because of price and quality means less money to spend on food Portion Smaller Portions Quality Quality of food purchased to meet nutritional requirements declines