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The President of our country functions in many capacities: as head of state, as head of government, as commander in chief of the armed forces, and even as leader of his political party. The president is thus the most important force in a political system in which ....

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.... with its many divisions and subdivisions. Still, the fact remains that when a newly-elected president assumes office, he indeed has no ‘presidential’ experience. Granted, he may be a Washington insider (like Bob Dole), who has spent a great deal of his life in Congress working with (or against) the president on various bills, campaigns, etc. Nevertheless, he has still not had the experience that even approximates that of an incumbent president. Primarily this is because the presidents task is so multifaceted. (Neustadt 103) In one of his capacities, as head of state, the president receives representatives of other governments and performs a vari ....