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Originally Posted by jwoody
I'm sure the PM thinks of the press conference as the easy bit. It's during 'Question Time' in parliament when he gets the difficult questions.
You do have a parliament type thing over there, don't you?
Does the president attend there?
...and answer questions?
Sorry for the slight threadjack but I've been curious about this for as long as I've been reading this board.
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Our system is set up completely different then England.
I don't know how much you know about the American system, so I apologize if this isn't new info
Basically, there are three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. All three are seperate. The president is the head of the executive branch. Unlike in England, he is not necessarally a member of the legislature; he can, in theory, be any citizen (natural-born, over 35, etc.). He is elected seperately as well, and has no power within the legislature. He can, however, ask to address Congress, but is only required to once a year, and that is simply a speech.
Hopefully that helps a little.