Maki's Presidential Roles Check Up

President Obama talks on the phone aboard Air Force One with Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon to congratulate him and his team for winning the World Series

• Chief Legislator 
• Chief Executive
• Party Leader
• Head of State

President Obama greets Sgt. Bill Mohr, a 108-year-old veteran of World War II, during a Veterans Day breakfast 

• Head of State 
• Chief Executive
• Commander in Chief
• Party Leader

President Obama bids farewell to President Xi Jinping of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit

• Chief Diplomat 
• Party Leader
• Chief Legislative
• Head of State

President Obama signs major health care legislation into law

• Party Leader
• Head of State
• Chief Legislator
• Commander in Chief

President Obama and his wife, Michelle, send a gift basket of baby supplies to Prince William and his wife, Kate, for the birth of their new baby.

• Chief Legislator
• Head of State
• Chief Diplomat
• Party Leader

President Bush attends former President Ronald Reagan's funeral

• Head of State
• Chief Executive
• Chief Diplomat
• Chief Legislator

President Obama meets with his cabinet  for a weekly briefing

• Party Leader
• Chief Executive
• Head of State 
• Commander in Chief

The Obama family and Biden family greet Pope Francis as he arrives in the United States for the first time at Joint Base Andrews

• Party Leader
• Head of State
• Chief Executive
• Chief Legislator

A soldier hugs President Obama after he spoke to U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan

• Commander in Chief
• Party Leader
• Chief Legislator 
• Chief Diplomat

President Ford publicly pardons former President Richard Nixon, in 1974, for crimes committed during the Watergate scandal that caused Nixon to resign

• Party Leader
• Chief Executive
• Head of State
• Economic Planner