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The Study of the Presidency

 

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White House Office Functions-December 1976

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The White House 2001 Project

Cabinet Members with Dates of Appointment - from Washington to George W. Bush

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The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

The Smithsonian Institute

Special Exhibit

 

THE PRESIDENT'S JOB

 

Figure of Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

As a nation, we place no greater responsibility on any one individual than we do on the president. Could any job be more demanding and complex? We ask the president to be executive, diplomat, military leader, and consoler. On any given day he might have to make life-and-death decisions, propose policies that will change the course of the country, and then greet a group of elementary schoolchildren.

The greatest chief executives thrive at balancing the numerous roles they are expected to play; others stumble because they cannot master one of the many duties of the office.

 

 
 
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