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Chapter 13: The Presidency

Get Involved Exercise

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What You Can Do

The White House Web site at www.whitehouse.gov contains the text of daily press briefings, weekly Saturday radio broadcasts, and other news. Go to the site and read the text of one of the recent Saturday broadcasts.


  1. What was the topic of the speech?

  1. Was the speech highly partisan or did it seem to be nonpartisan?

  1. Was the speech informative? Did you learn anything from it about the issue(s)?

  1. How effective do you think the speech was in terms of affecting public opinion?

  1. Why would a president take five minutes every Saturday for a radio broadcast?



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