On April 13, 2011, President Barack Obama gave a nationally televised speech opposing the congressional Republicans' deficit-reduction plans and offering an alternative set of fiscal proposals. This is an example of ________.

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Going public refers to a strategy used by presidents to directly appeal to the public in order to gain support for their policies or to pressure members of Congress to act in a certain way. This is exactly what President Obama did in his nationally televised speech opposing the congressional Republicans' deficit-reduction plans and offering an alternative set of fiscal proposals. Executive orders and executive agreements are actions taken by the president alone, whereas standing pat means maintaining the status quo and impeachment is a process to remove a president from office.

On April 13, 2011, President Barack Obama Gave a Nationally