Presidential Duties

To Become the President of the United States you must be a natural born citizen and you at least need to be 35 years of age. You also need to have lived in the United States for at least 14 years. As the President of the United States you get Pay and benefits the congress determins the President's salary. It can neither be increased or decreased during a presidential term. The President's pay was first set at $25,000 year in, 1789. Now its up to $400,000 a year. The President also gets provided with a expense allowance of $50,000 a year. The President is chief of state which means he is the ceremonial head of the goverment of the United States, the symbol of all the people of the nation. The President also is the nation's Chief executive he is vested by the consitution with the executive power of the united states. The President is also the chief administrator or director, of the Federal Government, Heading one of the largest government machines the world has known. The President directs an administration that employs more than 2.7 million civilians and spend more than 2 trillion a year. The President is also the Nation's chief diplomat, the main architect of American forign policy and the nation's chief spokesperson to the rest of the world. The President's rolein foreign affairs, Constitution also makes the President the commander in chief of the nation's armed forces. The 1.4 million men and women in uniform and the nation's entire military arsenal are subject to the President's direct and immediate control. The President is also the nation's chief legislator the main architect of its public polcies. Often the President who sets the orverall shape of the congressional agenda. As chief legislator the President initiates, suggests, requests, insists, and demands that congress enact much of its major legislation. The office also automatically makes its occupant the nation's chief citizen. The President is expected to be "the representative of all the people". As chief citizen, the President is expected to work for nd represent the public interest against the many private interests. The President who succeeds to the office after the midpoint in a term could possibly serve for more than eight years. The President can not be elected to the office of the President more that twice, and no person who