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‘The president has sole control over the US nuclear arsenal’
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'The world’s largest intelligence apparatus reports to the president via the Director of National Intelligence’
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‘The president has fairly wide (but not unlimited) authority to negotiate trade agreements.’
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‘The President appoints the top echelons (Cabinet Secretaries, under-secretaries, admin of independent dept's)’
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‘The president must sign any piece of legislation passed by both houses of Congress in order to make it a law.’
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‘Their statements have big consequences – they can deter or invite action and set course of major world events’
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