d the president must act as "the personal embodiment and representative of the dignity and majesty" of the people, the government, and the laws of the United States.
             The president also serves as commander in chief of the nation's armed forces, which makes him ultimately responsible for the nation's defense. He appoints and removes generals, makes key military decisions (such as when and where to wage war), and negotiates armistice terms. During wartime emergencies, the president is also entitled to restrict civil liberties, to exert greater control over the economy, to seize industries, to fix wages and prices, and to settle labor disputes.
             Finally the commander in chief alone decides when and if the nation will use its atomic weapons. This role is extremely important because in acting out his decisions, the president is deciding the future of the nation, and we the people are putting extreme powers in the hands of one man. Though he is influenced by his associates and generals about the proper actions in times of political crisis, the last decision is up to the president.
             People who are not supporters of the president or his decisions tend to panic in times of war, and thus it is extremely important that the president makes the impression to the nation as a competent and capable man who one can have faith in.
             Another extremely important role that the president takes on is that of the nation's chief diplomat. Although the Constitution attempted to divide diplomatic affairs between the president and congress,
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