how does the president makes sures the loyalty of his bodyguard?
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As a fellow service man fighting in Iraq ,It is my duty anything you are told to do you do ,even if you dont agree with it thats why doing your duty is such a big sacrafice ,I dont agree with some of things I have to do but I do them because thats the way it is.
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as george w said himself "the president's duty is to make decisions,in other words he is a desision maker".\nyes the (main) president's duty is to make decicions in order to provide comfort for it's people,and comfort may contain security ,prosperity,...\nbut about his powers you ought to ask your question another way "what are not the powers of the president"!\nofcourse president's power is limited by the congress but if if they are concordant to him then his got almost any power!!!
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Respect has to be earned.  Even for a President.  Most people automatically respect the Office of the Presidency, however, the man serving as President still has to earn the respect.
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The person who becomes the President is an ordinary human being. He/she is fallible and often unsure.  \nThe head of a country can't let that show. They must present to the country what the people expect of a leader. Confidence, authority, an aura of always being in control. \nThey must learn lines (speeches, responses, etc) like an actor and deliver them as a larger than life character "The President"\n\nActing is just an ordinary person assuming a role and being convincing in that role. Same with The President. He must act the part.\n\nHope that made sense :-)
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The Judaical Branch was set up specifically to monitor the activities of the Executive Branch. And "No" the court should not monitor everything that the President says. The President has an executive counsel for that.\n\n"The Office of Legal Counsel assists the Attorney General in his function as legal adviser to the President and all the executive branch agencies. The Office drafts legal opinions of the Attorney General and also provides its own written opinions and oral advice in response to requests from the Counsel to the President, the various agencies of the executive branch, and offices within the Department of Justice. Such requests typically deal with legal issues of particular complexity and importance or about which two or more agencies are in disagreement. The Office also is responsible for providing legal advice to the executive branch on all constitutional questions and reviewing pending legislation for constitutionality."
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Both President Bush and Laura Bush will get secret service protection until 2019 (Ten years after leaving office, since although the election is in 2008, the turnover is not until 2009).\n\nThe link below gives a list of all the people who are afforded protection under the Secret Service.
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Technically and by law, presidents are 5-star generals and allowed to fight the war.\n\nNot necessarily physical, but strategically.
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big brother is always watching, regardless. and bush isnt the one doing it. it is usually the military. they just prefer to have all fingers pointing at the president. he is nothing but a puppet anyway.
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The president chooses his cabinet members from a list of possibles, generally drawn up with input from his political party.  A lot of times they are people to whom he owes favors, such as people who worked hard for him on his campaign.  Then the Senate must approve them.  They hold hearings and conduct investigations, and pay a lot of attention to what the media says, and what they perceive their party members want.  Then they vote whether or not to confirm the cabinet member.
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YES ... Created in 1865 as a tiny Treasury Department agency to root out counterfeit-currency rings, the Secret Service was given the mission of protecting presidents more than 35 years later. For over 137 years, the Secret Service has presented an image of bravery, excellence, and patriotism. Today, the Secret Service's protective mission extends to all retired presidents, the vice president, visiting heads of state, foreign missions, and a host of executive branch offices and residences. But a U.S. News investigation shows that, at a time when the stakes for the Secret Service are higher than ever, the agency is rife with problems and resistant to oversight and correction. President Bush has proposed moving the Secret Service into a new cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security.
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Each president recites the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution: \n\n"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Both are called "Mr. President."  It's up to them to remember whether they are currently in office or not!
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It is not the quality of the Presidents it is the lack of understanding of the people in and around the country that has changed over the years.\n\nPeople are so quick to say that someone is not doing the job correctly without all of the facts or some understanding of what it is to actually make a commitment to any situtation.\n\nThe President tries to make decision every day that hopefully make life better for us and if that means doing some things that you wouldn't do all of the time then you run the country and see how far you get.
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Someone loyal whether they are qualified or not.\n\nI do hate to see such a humble man let go.
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Having such hopeless loyalty to a person of authority, even in the event of proven corruption (Bush or not) is just ASKING to be found as a complete idiot.\nThe president, and ANYONE ELSE in an authority type position must EARN their respect. It isn't AUTOMATIC. If someone thinks it is, then how about the respect for tyrants like Saddam? Of course people make excuses why it's different so they can justify their position of needless loyalty.\nWith that logic of supporting the powerholder in any event, we aren't freeing anybody from any tyrants. IF a people are willing to hopelessly 'respect' and not complain about their harmful power-holders, then they don't have a tyrant do they?\nThat would be people's fault. And Bush and Co is loving every minute of the fake-patriots who lay down and submit just because he's in a position. It gives him and his cronies less of a reason to be found as bad as they are, since the public lets them do it.\npathetic!\n\n"The Limits of Tyrants are Proscribed By the Endurance of Those They Oppress"\n-Fredrick Douglas\n\nI'd like to clarify to those who think I might be comparing Bush to Saddam. They are only similar in the way that they are the ones with power of their country, and deserve criticism each respectively.\n\n"All Men Having Power Ought to be Mistrusted" \n- James Madison\n\nI am only trying to point out the fact of BLIND OBEDIENCE is the absolute ENEMY of freedom. People who think they're being patriotic are being anything but patriotic when they say criticism to the president weakens the country. The President (and the administration) is doing that on their own accord. Criticizing and doing something about it is the only choice. It is an act of responsible citizenship. If you love your country, then you love it enough to fight what corrupts it (including the government) no? \n\n\n"That We are to Stand By the President, Right or Wrong, is not Only Unpatriotic and Servile, but is Morally Treasonable to the American Public"\n- Theodore Roosevelt
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All the people in the Executive Branch of government ultimately answer to the President.  This includes, but is not limited to, those who work in the White House, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, and many more.  These departments are run by people who are directly appointed by the President, and who generally follow the President's wishes in managing their department (because if they didn't they'd be replaced).  So in turn, all the people who work in these departments under the departmental managers could be said to work for the President.
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Congress.  President can deploy troops in certain, specific instances without the consent of Congress.