1. Concepts of the American Presidency
To assist the president with this duty, the president has the federal bureaucracy. ... In 1965, President Johnson issued an executive order to all federal agencies of the executive branch not to award federal contracts to any company that did not submit an "affirmative action" plan for hiring and promoting qualified minorities. ... Another special power the president has to function as the C E O is his ability to refuse to appear before or to withhold information from Congress and the federal courts. ...
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