The President’s Helpers
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EXECUTIVE BRANCH
President of the United States
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Executive Office
________ PRESIDENT ON
POLICY
“_______ ______ OF THE
PRESIDENT”
_____HOLDOVERS FROM
PREVIOUS PRESIDENCIES
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Senate
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CABINET
__________ FEDERAL
GOV’S POLICY
WORKS MORE
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MORE POLITICAL
Must be ________ by the
Senate
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EO or CAB?
• ____________is the President's principal forum for
considering national security and foreign policy matters
with his senior national security advisors and cabinet
officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the
function of the Council has been to advise and assist the
President on national security and foreign policies. The
Council also serves as the President's principal arm for
coordinating these policies among various government
agencies.
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EO or CAB?
•“Chinese Nationals Sentenced in New Mexico
for Conspiring to Violate Arms Export Control
Act”
Bo Cai, 29, of Nanjing, China, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and his
cousin Wentong Cai, 30, of Chifeng, China, was sentenced to 18 months in
federal prison. Both will be deported after completing their prison
sentences.
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EO or CAB?
The _______________________’s mission is to
provide the military forces needed to deter war
and to protect the security of our country.” The
departments under this agency include the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
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EO or CAB?
• The__________ ‘s objective is to shape a freer,
more secure, and more prosperous world
through formulating, representing, and
implementing the President’s foreign policy. It
will represent the US overseas and convey US
policies to foreign governments, host official
visits, and conduct negotiations on issues
ranging from trade to nuclear weapons.
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EO or CAB?
• Estimating changes reduce outlays for Social Security by
$6 billion in 2014 and by an additional $15 billion over
the next 10 years. Reductions in 2014 in both the Old Age
and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance
(DI) programs are primarily due to lower-than-expected
numbers of beneficiaries in recent data.
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OBSERVATIONS / THOUGHTS ABOUT
“our largest functioning federal bureaucracy”
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OR CABINET?
• ENFORCES GOVERNMENT POLICY
• ADVISES PRESIDENT ON POLICY
• LESS HOLDOVERS
• MORE POLITICAL
• WORKS MORE INDEPENDENTLY
• MORE HOLDOVERS FROM PREVIOUS
PRESIDENCIES
• “RIGHT ARM OF THE PRESIDENT”
• LESS POLITICAL
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“The Situation Room”
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(USA Today)
The following people are pictured, from left to
right:
(seated)
Brigadier General Marshall B. "Brad" Webb,
Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special
Operations Command
Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security
Advisor
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
(standing)
Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff
Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor
William M. Daley, Chief of Staff
Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice
President
Audrey Tomason, Director for Counterterrorism
for the National Security Council.[5]
John O. Brennan, Assistant to the President for
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
A man in a black suit with a white tie: "John", a
CIA analyst who was "the first to put in writing [in
summer 2010] that the CIA might have a
legitimate lead on finding bin Laden".[6]
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• What are the reasons behind having the Electoral College
system?
• How does the Electoral College work?
• Why are the chances of abolishing the EC so slim?
• How do you feel about the Electoral College system?
ELECTORAL
COLLEGE SYSTEM
12TH AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION
“The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President
and Vice President…The person having the greatest number of votes shall be
President…the representation of each state having one vote…”
Electoral College Calendar
1. Spring of election year: Each political party chooses electors and according to the number of
electors for that state. This is usually done at a state convention.
2. November (1st Tuesday after the first Monday): Popular vote in each state to determine
which party's electors go to the Electoral College.
3. December: Electoral College meets in each State Capital and in D.C. to cast votes.
4. January: When Congress opens, the electoral votes are counted and the election is official if
both the presidential and the vice-presidential candidate have 270 votes.
If no presidential candidate gets the needed 270 votes, the election is decided in the House
of Representatives with each state delegation having one vote.
CHANGE?
• What are some alternatives to the Electoral College system?
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1. Direct Pop. Vote (amend)
2. Be a Parliament! (amend)
3. Proportional Rep (state leg.)
4. Interstate Compact / National Pop Vote
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• Many would like to change this system BUT change is very unlikely. WHY?
TICKET IN…
• I feel the Electoral College should or will _____________ in
the future because ______________.
• 5 line response!