for extensive ceremonies the central point of which is the taking of an oath by the chief executive officer and the delivery of his inaugural address. The solemn and formal declaration required of all holders of major public office is known in the USA as the «oath of office». The oath declares that the person taking it will preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States or of a state and that he «will faithfully execute» the office to which he has been elected or appointed. The oath of office of a newly elected President of the United Slates is administered by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Governors usually take the oath of office from the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court.
  Among the duties and powers of the presidency listed by the Constitution are these: "the President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy», he shall «make Treaties providing two-thirds of the Senators present concur» and appoint ambassadors, and other officers of the United States, he is charged with the responsibility of taking care that «the Laws be faithfully executed». These three phrases from the Constitution give the president control of the military establishment, impose upon him a great share of responsibility for foreign policy, and assign to him the obligation to administer the federal laws and the programs of the federal government.
  One may term the President «Chief Legislators as well as "Chief Executive" of the

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