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    the American President accurately depicts how members of the public respectfully interact with elected officials. Throughout the movie, the President's staff and members of the public interact with the President in a formal and respectful manner as Andrew Shepard is constantly being referred respectfully as President or Mr. President. An example of the formality that takes place in interactions between members of the public and the President, during the beginning of the movie when President Shepard

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    and became the first African-American president of the United States in 2009. It gave hope to all minorities that as long as you work hard and educate yourself in America all things are possible. As an African American man was elected president despite America’s racial history of oppression. Such event promoted a sense of acceptance, fairness, and diversity. In America all things were possible. However, many people were unhappy about having an African American president and criticized all things he

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    As you are keenly aware, on November 9th, 2016, Mr. Trump was elected the 45th President-Elect of the United States of America, and on January 20th, 2017 was sworn in for a four year term as the 45th President of the United States. With Republican majorities in both the United States House of Representatives as well as the United States Senate, the President has laid out a strong agenda on everything from immigration and national security to trade and regulatory reform. While this bold plan of action

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    first African American president being sworn into office. For many in the technological era there were both times of sorrow and hope. There will be many times where people will look back into history years from now and remember the significant events of the 2000s, and a big reason for that is the advances both in technology and society that took place. On the day of November 4, 2008, a man of strong beliefs from Hawaii named Barack Obama announced that he was running for president of the United

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    All the women in my family, myself included, love the Rob Reiner film American President (the one where Michael Douglas is the president and falls for Annette Benning) to the point where my mother and two aunts can quote the whole thing without missing a beat. While I’m not quite on their level yet, one quote that I can always jump in on is: “We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them.” I want to be one of those people—a relentless problem solver with new, creative

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    Encourage Innovation President Abraham Lincoln once advised George McClellan, “if we never try, we shall never succeed (Phillips, 1992).” Lincoln was an innovator and the only American president to hold a patent. He constantly pushed his generals during the Civil War to move the war effort forward and he considered mistakes to be “learning events, or steps in the right direction (Phillips, 1992). In addition to encouraging his generals, Lincoln personally sought out new weapons such as repeating

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    There are many presidents in the United States history. But I'm going to talk about a specific three; I'm talking about George Washington,Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln, some very popular ones. George Washington, from Virginia, was the first president ever of the United States of America, set the bar high for presidents to come. He was a great war general and president. Thanks to Washington we avoided foreign wars with Spain with the creation of the Florida boundary, established great trade

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    President Barack Obama, to many, is said to be one of the best presidents in all American history. His caring and compassionate heart along with his ability to bring much-needed change has allowed for him to earn this title. Accordingly, over the course of eight years, President Obama has completed a slew of acts that further prove why he is so deserving of this title, one of which was the speech that he gave in Hiroshima, Japan. Taking into consideration the horrific deed that the American government

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    unique structure of the American Government and the many interesting facets of its President, the American Presidency can assume such roles. Since the military is headed by civilian control, the President’s status as Commander-in-Chief declares him as one of and head of the civilian population. The American President is the leader of his political party as chief of party, the ceremonial head of the American Government as chief of state, and a representation of

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    President Obama, as a Commander-in-Chief, is responsible for safeguarding and protecting Americans, their interests (whether in the United States or abroad), and foreign nationals in the United States (US). Thus, the president is accountable to the American people and the international communities to provide leadership during crises to assure the well-being of American citizens. Consequently, the recent Ebola epidemic developing in West Africa presented the president and his administration with

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