The president’s chief duty is to protect the Constitution and enforce the laws made by Congress. However, he also has a host of other responsibilities tied to his job description. They include: recommending legislation (laws) to Congress, calling special sessions of Congress, delivering messages to Congress, signing or vetoing legislation, appointing federal judges, appointing heads of federal departments and agencies and other principal federal officials, appointing representatives to foreign countries, carrying on official business with foreign nations, acting as commander in chief of the armed forces, and granting pardons for offenses against the United States.
- How can the average person get involved in the government?
- What is the federal government?
- Which language is most widely spoken?
- What does the U.S. government do?
- What is a democracy?
- What types of government are there in the world?
- Why does government exist?
- Why did soldiers once wear armor?
- Which wars has the United States been involved in?
- Why are there wars?
- Does every country have its own flag?
- Is there really a place called Atlantis?
- What is a landlocked country?
- Why do people speak different languages?
- Which countries have the most neighbors?
- How are countries formed?
- How does the United States’s size compare with that of other countries?
- Which country is the smallest?
- Which country is the biggest?
- What are the world’s newest countries?
