2.4 The Executive Branch

The role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government.

• chief executive
• Commander in Chief
• Foreign Policy
• diplomacy

The role of the president as supreme commander of the military forces of the United States and of the state National Guard units when they are called into federal service

• Commander in Chief
• Foreign Policy
• diplomacy
• chief of state

a government's strategy in dealing with other nations

• Foreign Policy
• diplomacy
• chief of state
• succession

the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.

• diplomacy
• chief of state
• succession
• executive orders

term for the President as the ceremonial head of the United States, the symbol of all the people of the nation

• chief of state
• succession
• executive orders
• executive privilege

the process of succeeding, or coming after someone

• succession
• executive orders
• executive privilege
• diplomatic recognition

a formal rule or regulation instructing executive branch officials on how to carry out their jobs

• executive orders
• executive privilege
• diplomatic recognition
• reprieve

An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary.

• executive privilege
• diplomatic recognition
• reprieve
• Pardon

the presidential power to formally recognize the legitimacy of a foreign government

• diplomatic recognition
• reprieve
• Pardon
• amnesty

The presidential power to postpone the execution of a sentence imposed by a court of law; usually done for humanitarian reasons or to await new evidence.

• reprieve
• Pardon
• amnesty
• to commute a sentence