THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET THEN AND NOW
INSTRUCTIONS On the following slides, do the following: 1) Write a very brief definition describing the job of each cabinet office 2) Write the name of the person who served in each of the cabinet positions (indicated in the heading on each slide) for former presidents George Washington, George W. Bush, and President Barack Obama 3) Place a picture next to each person for each position 4) Use and any other website on my delicious site to help youwww.whitehouse.gov
SECRETARY OF STATE ( DEPARTMENT OF STATE ) 1)Job duties: takes care of foreign affairs 2)For Washington: Thomas Jefferson 3)For G.W. Bush: Gen. Colin Powell; Condoleeza Rice 4)For Obama: Hillary Clinton
SECRETARY OF TREASURY (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY) 1)Job duties: takes care of money affairs 2)For Washington: Alexander Hamilton 3)For G.W. Bush: Henry M. Paulson, Jr. 4)For Obama: Timothy Geithner
SECRETARY OF WAR ( DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ) 1)Job duties: takes care of matters of war 2)For Washington: Henry Knox 3)For G.W. Bush: Donald Rumsfeld; Robert Gates 4)For Obama: Robert Gates
ATTORNEY GENERAL ( DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ) 1)Job duties: takes care of legal matters 2)For Washington: Edmund Randolph 3)For G.W. Bush: Alberto Gonzales Michael Mukasey 4)For Obama: Eric H. Holder, Jr.