1. Cabinet

3. Definition
A Senior political body that helps the President to make decision.
Experts in their fields
Guide the President

4. Appointment All Cabinet members are appointed by the president
Approval of the Senate(Congress)

5. G. Washington's Original Cabinet
State Thomas Jefferson
Treasury Alexander Hamilton
War Henry Knox
Attorney General Edmund Jennings Randolph March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797 (Term 2)

6. Current Cabinet

7. 16 Positions Vice President of the United States - Joe Biden
Attorney General - Eric H. Holder Jr.
Secretary of Agriculture - Tom J. Vilsack
Acting Secretary of Commerce - Rebecca M. Blank
Secretary of Defense - Leon E. Panetta
Secretary of Education - Arne Duncan
Secretary of Energy - Steven Chu
Secretary of Health and Human Services - Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of Homeland Security - Janet Napolitano
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Shaun Donovan
Secretary of Interior - Ken Salazar
Secretary of Labor - Hilda L. Solis
Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Transportation - Ray H. LaHood
Secretary of the Treasury - Timothy F. Geithner
Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Eric K. Shinseki

8. Additional Added Positions
Chief of Staff to the President - Jack Lew
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Lisa Jackson
Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Jeffrey Zients
U.S. Trade Representative - Ambassador Ronald Kirk
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) - Ambassador Susan Rice
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers - Alan B. Krueger
Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Karen G. Mills