The United States created the Marshall Plan (1947) as a program to "<span>(3) provide economic aid to war-damaged Europe" mostly so that another war would not develop. </span>
Puerto Rico in California
The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.
President Kennedy tried to keep communism out of Vietnam by "(C) providing the southern Vietnamese government with American <span>military advisers," since Kennedy felt that this was a way to "contain" communism without committing many US troops on the ground. </span>
Because belonging to the church (being a church official such as a priest or a bishop) esentially meant you were given education (not common or at all present in those times) and a good position with a pay. You also exerted a lot of power in your local or regional community as church officials were considered to have been influential figures in medieval ages.