1. Diplomatic & Military Powers of the President
Ch 14-3
Diplomatic & Military Powers of the President

2. Major Diplomatic & Military Powers of the President
Graphic Summary Chart
Major Diplomatic & Military Powers of the President
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3. Making Treaties A formal agreement between two or more states.
Treaties have same legal standing as congressional acts
Require Senate approval

4. Making Executive Agreements
Pacts between the President & a head of a foreign state
Do not require Senate approval

5. Power of Recognition
Recognizing the legal existence of a nation and its government
Used as a weapon in foreign relation (intimidation)
Persona non grata – give definition

6. Commander in Chief of Armed Forces
Powers almost without limits
Usually delegates command to military subordinates
Can use power to make undeclared war
Can send combat troops overseas for 60 days without congresses approval
Powers increase during wartime, through War Powers Resolution limits abuse of the power

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Major Diplomatic & Military Powers of the President
May extend & withdraw recognition of other countries
May make executive agreements w/ the heads of other nations
May send U.S. troops into combat w/out congressional authorization for 60 days
May make treaties w/ other nations, w/ senatorial approval

8. Ch 14 sec 3 Reading Review ?’s

9. The Power to Make Treaties
A treaty is a formal agreement between_____
After the Pres negotiates a treaty, the ____ must approve it by a _____ vote.
President Tyler & McKinley encouraged Congress to pass a _____ to annex territory after the approval of a treaty had been defeated in the Senate.
Executive Agreements
4. An executive agreement is - ________
5. One difference between an E.A. & a treaty is that an E.A. does not require _________.

10. The Power of Recognition
6. By exercising the power of recognition, the Pres acknowledges the ______ of another country & its gov.
7. Prompt recognition of a country or its gov may ____ its existence.
8. Displeasure with another country’s conduct may be shown by the Pres’s asking for _____.
9. The most serious diplomatic rebuke one nation may give to another the /is that of _________.
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11. Commander in Chief
10. The Pres’s powers as commander in chief are almost ______.
11. Presidents have used that armed forces in combat abroad without ________.
12. A Pres’s power as commander in chief is greatest during _________.
13. Congress passed the War Powers Resolution in 1973 to limit the Pres’s war-making powers in response to _____________.
14. The constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution remains ______________.

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13. The Power to Make Treaties The Power of Recognition
A treaty is a formal agreement between_____
After the Pres negotiates a treaty, the ____ must approve it by a _____ vote.
President Tyler & McKinley encouraged Congress to pass a _____ to annex territory after the approval of a treaty had been defeated in the Senate.
Executive Agreements
4. An executive agreement is - ________
5. One difference between an E.A. & a treaty is that an E.A. does not require _________.
The Power of Recognition
6. By exercising the power of recognition, the Pres acknowledges the ______ of another country & its gov.
7. Prompt recognition of a country or its gov may ____ its existence.
8. Displeasure with another country’s conduct may be shown by the Pres’s asking for _____.
9. The most serious diplomatic rebuke one nation may give to another the /is that of _________.
Commander in Chief
10. The Pres’s powers as commander in chief are almost ______.
11. Presidents have used that armed forces in combat abroad without ________.
12. A Pres’s power as commander in chief is greatest during _________.
13. Congress passed the War Powers Resolution in 1973 to limit the Pres’s war-making powers in response to _____________.
14. The constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution remains ______________.

14. Two or more sovereign states
Senate, two-thirds (2/3)
Joint resolution
A pact between the Pres & the head of a foreign state, or a subordinate
Senate consent
Legal existence
Guarantee
Recall of the country’s ambassador or other diplomat
Withdrawal of recognition
unlimited

15. 11. A congressional declaration of war 12. Wartime 13
11. A congressional declaration of war 12. Wartime 13. The war in Vietnam 14. In dispute/question/challenge/disagreement 15. An unwelcome person, referring to a diplomat, it means a person who is unwelcome in the country to which he or she has been posted