Presidential Cabinet The Executive Departments The Presidents Cabinet
Presidential Cabinet: The Executive Departments
The President’s Cabinet: Important Facts There are 15 cabinet departments today Cabinet based upon tradition and secretaries serve at the pleasure of the President Cabinet secretaries advise the President Secretaries appointed by President & confirmed by the Senate Cabinet not specifically included in constitution Only Congress can create executive departments
Washington established a precedent by forming the first cabinet.
Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton Secretary of War Henry Knox President George Washington Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson Attorney General Edmund Randolph Washington’s First Cabinet
The Role of the Cabinet in the Modern Era • Advisory group to the President • Cabinet secretaries head the fifteen executive departments • Help President execute laws and assist in decisionmaking President Obama holds a full cabinet meeting.
Article II: The Executive and appointment powers of the President . . . he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices
Article II: The Executive and appointment powers of the President . . . he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls. . . and all other Officers of the United States. .
The Constitution and Presidential Appointments 1) Identify the Constitutional requirements for appointing federal government officials. 2) How do these requirements promote checks and balances between the three branches of the federal government?
What are the Executive Departments? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Homeland Security Housing and Urban Development Interior Labor 11. State 12. Transportation 13. Treasury, 14. Veterans Affairs 15. Justice
Artist: John Cole, Scranton, PA, The Times Date: 3/4/09 Source: http: //www. cagle. com
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