The president cannot make laws. Only the legislative branch (the Congress) can make laws. But the president can certainly veto laws and make official appointments. And as commander-in-chief of the military, the president also oversees the armed forces. So the only power in your list that the president does NOT have is to make laws.
On this day in 1775, George Washington, who would one day become the first American president, accepts an assignment to lead the Continental Army.
Washington had been managing his family’s plantation and serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses when the second Continental Congress unanimously voted to have him lead the revolutionary army. He had earlier distinguished himself, in the eyes of his contemporaries, as a commander for the British army in the French and Indian War of 1754.
Born a British citizen and a former Redcoat, Washington had, by the 1770s, joined the growing ranks of colonists who were dismayed by what they considered to be Britain’s exploitative policies in North America. In 1774, Washington joined the Continental Congress as a delegate from Virginia. The next year, the Congress offered Washington the role of commander in chief of the Continental Army.
After accepting the position, Washington sat down and wrote a letter to his wife, Martha, in which he revealed his concerns about his new role. He admitted to his “dear Patcy” that he had not sought the post but felt “it was utterly out of my power to refuse this appointment without exposing my Character to such censures as would have reflected dishonour upon myself, and given pain to my friends.” He expressed uneasiness at leaving her alone, told her he had updated his will and hoped that he would be home by the fall. He closed the letter with a postscript, saying he had found some of “the prettiest muslin” but did not indicate whether it was intended for her or for himself.
On July 3, 1775, Washington officially took command of the poorly trained and under-supplied Continental Army. After six years of struggle and despite frequent setbacks, Washington managed to lead the army to key victories and Great Britain eventually surrendered in 1781. Due largely to his military fame and humble personality, Americans overwhelmingly elected Washington their first president in 1789.
Two sources of the Nile are Lake Victoria and Lake Tana.
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C. He sought trade alliances with all nations, including communist nations.
Explanation:
As part of its foreign policy, we can say that Nixon ended the intervention of the United States in the Vietnam War in 1973 and brought back home prisoners of war (POW) - He suspended military service. He visited the People's Republic of China in 1972 for the eventual start of diplomatic relations between the two nations and the initiation of the detention of the Anti-Ballistic Missiles with the signing of a treaty with the Soviet Union that same year. His administration generally transferred the power of Washington D.C. to the states. It imposed salary and price control for ninety days, suspending the gold standard and transforming the dollar into a fiat currency. At a social level, it forced racial integration in the southern schools, establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and the beginning of the War on Cancer. Nixon also preceded the landing of the Apollo 11 Mission, which ended the space race. He was reelected in one of the most contested electoral campaigns in the history of the United States, in 1972 when he defeated George McGovern.
President Reagan did not just attack the Soviets with military spending; he also attacked their economy. The United States isolated the Soviets from the rest of the world economy, and helped drive oil prices to their lowest levels in decades. Without oil revenue to keep their economy solvent, the Soviet Union began to crumble.
