Roles of the President

President Bush sends troops to Iraq.

Commander in Chief

President Clinton makes a campaign speech in support of the re-election of Rep. Mel Watt.

Chief Party Leader

President Lyndon B. Johnson convinces key Senators to vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Civil Rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young and James Farmer on January 18, 1964.

Chief Legislator

President Obama attends a concert at the White House.

Country musician Brad Paisley performs at an event, hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, celebrating country music in the East Room of the White House on July 21, 2009.

Chief Citizen

President Carter grants amnesty to Vietnam draft dodgers.

Judicial Leader

President Clinton signs an arms treaty with Russia.

U S President Bill Clinton Meets With Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin In The Oval Office

Chief Diplomat

President Reagan prepares a budget.

Chief Economic Leader

President Obama appoints Mrs. Hopkins as the ambassador to China

Chief Diplomat

President Obama appoints Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Chief Executive

President Kennedy is the head of the federal bureaucracy.

Chief Executive

President Ford pardons Richard Nixon for his role in Watergate.

President Ford Signs Nixon Pardon September 8, 1974

Judicial Leader

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin sign to Camp David Accords with President Carter in 1979.

Chief Diplomat

President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders the National Guard to protect black students at Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Commander in Chief

President Obama invited the NCAA Champions to the White House.

Chief Citizen

President Obama meets with Senate Majority and Minority Leaders.

Chief Legislator

President Clinton awards commissions to those who have recently graduated from West Point.

Commander in Chief

President Bush throws out the first pitch opening day at the Rangers game.

Chief Citizen

**President Clinton appoints key Democrats to top federal positions.

President Clinton appointed Janie L. Jeffers as a Commissioner to the United States Parole Commission in 1999.Chief Party Leader

Chief Executive

President Bush nominates John Roberts as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) watches as John Roberts (2nd L) is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens (2nd R) as Jane Roberts hold a bible during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House September 29, 2005 in Washington DC. The U.S. Senate voted in favor of Roberts earlier to become the 17th Chief Justice of the highest court in the United States.

Judicial Leader

**President Obama gives his state of the union address.

Chief of State

Chief Executive