Referát: The USA - Outstanding American presidents

The president represents the executive branch of power. He is chosen together with his Vice-President in elections every 4 years (next election will be in November 2000 - it takes place the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November). The president can be elected only into 2 terms (since 1951). The president is quite powerful person in the USA. He proposes bills (right to veto a bill), proposes federal law, appoints federal judges, makes treaties. He's responsible for foreign policy, he's the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He appoints the head of each department ("the President's Cabinet"). The present departments are: State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Emergency, Education.