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1 The President’s Cabinet
In addition to the Executive Office of the President, There are 15 cabinet departments that assist the President in carrying out the work of the executive branch.

2 The Cabinet hite+house+the+cabinet&view=detail&mid=C581 40E0FD33CC2C5860C58140E0FD33CC2C5860& FORM=VIRE1

3 Heads of Cabinet Departments
Called Secretaries Examples: Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Secretary of Agriculture Only exception is Attorney General Head of the department of Justice.

4 1789 1st Cabinet President Washington Up until Civil War
Picked his most loyal allies. Alexander Hamilton (Sec. of Treasury) Henry Knox (Sec. of War) Later became Sec. of Defense Up until Civil War Cabinets were POTUS main advisory group. Now, it’s the Presidential Staff.

5 The Cabinet Do these individuals keep their positions for a long period of time?

6 SUCCESSION From oldest department to youngest...
Department of State Secretary John Kerry (Hillary Clinton) Department of the Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (Timothy F. Geithner) Department of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (Robert M. Gates)  Department of Justice Attorney General Loretta Lynch Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewel (Kenneth L. Salazar) Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker (Gary F. Locke) Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez (Hilda L. Solis) Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell (Kathleen Sebelius) Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro (Shaun L.S. Donovan) Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (Raymond L. LaHood) Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Steven Chu) Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald (Eric K. Shinseki) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnsopn (Janet A. Napolitano)

7 Oldest Cabinet State Department (1789) Treasury Department (1789)
Defense Department (1789) First called War Department Justice Department (1789)

8 Newest Cabinet Department of Homeland Security
Started in 2001 by Pres. Bush After 9/11 Focuses on counter-terrorism Idea of finding terrorists before they find us!

9 The Cabinet Divided into departments that perform the actual work of the government. Sometimes called: Bureaus Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) part of Department of State Administrations Food and Drug Administration (FDA) part of Department of Agriculture Agencies Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Part of Department of Defense

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