President: One appointed or elected to preside over an organized body of people. The Chief Executive of the United States, serving as both chief of state and chief political executive.
The President leads the executive branchof the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces. The President is empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves, and to convene and adjourn either both houses of Congress under extraordinary circumstances. The President is indirectly voted by the people through and Electoral College. He/She is in office for a four-year term and can be elected again for another term. The Twenty-second Amendment prohibits anyone from being elected a third term. The first President was George Washington. The current President is Barack Obama.
Court Case: In Clinton v. City of New York, a legal case in which the Supreme Court ruled that Line-Item Veto violated the Presentment Clause of the US Constitution because it impermissibly gave the President of the US the power to unilaterally amend or repeal parts of the statutes that had been duly passed by the US Congress.
Current Event: In the history of the US we have never had a female president. We have never had another race, but caucation run for president. In November of 2008, our history books changed forever!! The Presidential election of 2008 had to of been the biggest election ever! The election was between Republican John McCain(Caucation) and Barack Obama(African American). If Barack Obama was to be voted into office history would be made because he was an African American. On November 4, 2008, millions of people sat around their television to see if the first African American president would win!
I woke up in the morning and found that my history book would change and that history in our country would change forever! I went to school and everyone was cheering and excided to see that Barack Obama won presidency.
Opinion: I think that our next President should be a woman! Men always think they run this country and I feel we need a change! People are always be stereotypical when it comes to men vs. woman. They think that if a woman was in office that she would be afraid of going to war or wouldnt care about issues and just want to go shopping or something. What they dont realize is that we have woman do other high powered jobs in political issues. Woman can do whatever a man can do.
Questions: Why did they make the law, that Presidents can only run for two terms? Was George elected the same way that we elect Presidents in 2010?
Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy0wRLD5s8
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/president
Monday, February 28, 2011
Department of State
Department of State- is the US federal executive department responsible for international relations of the US. It was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established. It is headquartered in the Harry S. Truman Building, a few blocks away from the White House.
About: The department is led by the Secretary of State. In September of 1789, President Washington appointed Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and then Minister to France, to be the first Secretary of State. The Secretary of State now happens to be Hillary Clinton, former President Clinton's wife. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the Presidential line of succession. There are also Secretaries of States for all the US States.
Historical People: Former Secretary of States that became popular over time were, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, James Madison, and Condoleezza Rice.
Current event: Recently in 2010, an Oil Spill occured in the Golf of Mexico. The Deparment of States had to deal with this issue because it deals with foreign relations and in this situation the US accepted 22 offers of assistance from other countries.
Opinion: I think that the duties of the Secretary of State should be different because we already have foreign affairs so international relations should have to be under the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Questions: How do you get to be a Secretary of State? Why do we have a Secretary of State?
Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6lXzvXqnrc
http://www.state.gov/
About: The department is led by the Secretary of State. In September of 1789, President Washington appointed Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and then Minister to France, to be the first Secretary of State. The Secretary of State now happens to be Hillary Clinton, former President Clinton's wife. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the Presidential line of succession. There are also Secretaries of States for all the US States.
Historical People: Former Secretary of States that became popular over time were, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, James Madison, and Condoleezza Rice.
Current event: Recently in 2010, an Oil Spill occured in the Golf of Mexico. The Deparment of States had to deal with this issue because it deals with foreign relations and in this situation the US accepted 22 offers of assistance from other countries.
Opinion: I think that the duties of the Secretary of State should be different because we already have foreign affairs so international relations should have to be under the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Questions: How do you get to be a Secretary of State? Why do we have a Secretary of State?
Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6lXzvXqnrc
http://www.state.gov/
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