1. commander in chief of armed forces
2. appointments of executive department heads with senate approval
3. grant reprieves and pardons
4. make treaties with advice and consent of the senate
5. appoints ambassadors, federal judges, supreme court justices, and other top officials with senate consent
6. delivers state of the union and other messages to Congress
7. call one or both houses of congress into special session
8. receives ambassadors and other representative of foreign nations
9. commissions all US military officers
10. responsible for enforcing and carrying out all laws of the US
