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      "date": "1997-01-07",
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      "title": "The U.S. Presidency: Office and Powers",
      "summary": "The President of the United States heads the executive branch of the federal government, which\nis\nconstitutionally equal to the legislative and judicial branches. While somewhat interdependent upon\nthe other two branches, the President is vested with strong appointive, administrative, legislative,\nfiscal, and international powers. Initially assisted by a personal secretary and a few functionaries to\nmaintain the White House, the President was granted a modest expansion of his immediate staff in\n1929. Ten years later, the Executive Office of the President was established, and continues to consist\nof several small agencies directly assisting the Chief Executive with matters of policy development,\nprogram administration, and operations coordination. Currently, the White House Office, counting\nthe President's closest assistants, employs about 400 individuals; the collective units of the Executive\nOffice of the President have staff levels of approximately 1,600 employees. These are the extended\neyes, ears, and hands of the modern President. Constitutional and statutory law provide for\nsuccession to the office in the event an incumbent President is unable to discharge his duties or dies.",
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