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After reading Chapter 11, you should be able to:

• Explain how the personality of the individual who serves as president makes a difference.
• Summarize presidential character as an approach to understanding how presidents perform.
• Describe the constitutional process of impeachment and explain why it is so difficult to remove a discredited president before the end of his term.
• Outline the procedures established in the Twenty-fifth Amendment to deal with presidential succession and presidential disability.
• Trace the evolution of the presidency from the limited office envisioned by the framers to the more powerful contemporary office.
• Identify the major offices and positions that serve as key aides and advisors to the president.
• Examine the ways in which the American system of separation of powers is actually one of shared powers.
• Identify the powers that lead us to refer to the president as chief legislator.
• Review methods by which presidents may improve their chances of obtaining party support in Congress.
• Summarize the constitutional powers that are allocated to the president in the realm of national security.
• Identify and review major roles and functions of the president such as chief executive, chief legislator, commander in chief, and crisis manager.
• Determine the role that public opinion plays in setting and implementing the president's agenda.
• Describe the methods used by presidents and their advisors to encourage the media to project a positive image of the president's activities and policies.
• Examine the impact that changing world events (such as the transition on public debate over whether a "strong" president is a threat or a support to democratic government.

Chief,

I acknowledge that I have reviewed the above Learning Objectives for Chapter 11, "The President."