CHIEF DIPLOMAT

• The president decides the American diplomats and ambassadors and what they will be saying.

PARTS OF CHIEF DIPLOMAT

• The president then makes the foreign policy of the U.S., with the help of advisors.
• The president is the face and voice of American foreign policy.
• Negotiates treaties as well as other agreements with foreign leaders.

TYPES OF AGREEMENTS

• Executive agreement: An agreement made with foreign leaders that does not require senate approval
• Executive agreements are not binding to future presidents.
• Diplomatic recognition: Formal acknowledgement of a government as legitimate
• Diplomatic recognition allows the exchange of ambassadors.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI

PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH THE DALAI LAMA

PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH JAPANESE PM, SHINZO ABE