The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is one of only two nationally elected federal officers (the other being the Vice President of the United States).

Among other powers and responsibilities, Article II of the U.S. Constitution charges the president to "faithfully execute" federal law, makes the president commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces, allows the president to nominate executive and judicial officers with the advice and consent of the Senate, and allows the president to grant pardons and reprieves. Due to the United States' status as the only remaining superpower, the president is generally regarded as the most powerful person in the world.

The president is indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a four-year term. Since 1951, presidents have been limited to two terms by the Twenty-second Amendment. In all, 43 individuals have served 56 four-year terms. On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the forty-fourth, and current, president.

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Wed Aug 25 07:44:04 2010

Best and worst United States president of all time?
Q. Who do you think the best and worst president has been and why? I'd prefer if you didn't choose Bush or Obama. I feel that they are to recent, and their historical value can't be judged yet.
Asked by Rosalie W - Thu Jul 2 16:40:02 2009 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Best -- Lincoln, with Franklin Roosevelt a close second. The very act of saving a country that was falling apart at the seams makes Lincoln the best. FDR guided the country through its other period of greatest peril, managing to get us through both the Great Depression and World War II, thus starting us on the way to our modern status of world leadership. Worst -- I'm sorry, but I DO say George W. Bush. His favor-the-rich economic policies have put us into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and his foreign policies have lowered our standing in the world. Worst of all, his massive expansion of presidential power is certain to come back to haunt us in the future. Others -- Nixon was an evil s.o.b., but he rates higher… [cont.]
Answered by Smorb - Thu Jul 2 16:55:02 2009

What are peoples ideas on the war on terrorism, and what the current united states president has decided to do?
Q. i know so far that the president has decided to filter in 30 thousand more troops to get the troops in Afghanistan out does any one think its going to work? Well although we should treat them as criminals there are other determining factors such as the terrain of Afghanistan its all rivers and mountains and valleys they swallow us troops whole. What would you do about those difficulties?
Asked by shmoe - Thu Dec 3 14:46:11 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The Taliban are like modern day Nazi's, but instead of wanting to kill all the Jews, they want to kill all us Americans. This is not okay with me. So my ideas are that we should kill them all. It's kill or be killed in the life.
Answered by Decisivness - Thu Dec 3 15:16:19 2009

Does the United States president get a 1 hour lunch?
Q. What if they took for ever to get him his food at Applebee's and he is running late, who does he call?
Asked by Mclovin - Tue Sep 1 09:47:22 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Probably not. If he is at the White House, they have their own kitchens and chefs. If he is at Applebee's, it is because his Chief of Staff scheduled him to be there. He would not be running late, because that is where he is supposed to be. The President does not just drop into a McDonald's for a Big Mac on his lunch hour. Chances are he is grabbing a bite at his desk while he works.
Answered by jeligula - Tue Sep 1 09:56:23 2009

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