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Presidential Cabinet: The Executive Departments. The President’s Cabinet: Important Facts There are 15 cabinet departments today Only Congress can create.

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1 Presidential Cabinet: The Executive Departments

2 The President’s Cabinet: Important Facts There are 15 cabinet departments today Only Congress can create executive departments Cabinet not specifically included in constitution 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

3 Washington established a precedent by forming the first cabinet.

4 President George Washington Washington’s First Cabinet Secretary of War Henry Knox Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson Attorney General Edmund Randolph

5 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 decision- making President Obama holds a full cabinet meeting.

6 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

7 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....

8 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?

9 What are the Executive Departments? 1.Agriculture 2.Commerce 3.Defense 4.Education 5.Energy 6.Health and Human Services 7.Homeland Security 8.Housing and Urban Development 9.Interior 10.Labor 11.State 12.Transportation 13.Treasury, 14.Veterans Affairs 15.Justice

10 Artist: John Cole, Scranton, PA, The Times Date: 3/4/09 Source: http://www.cagle.comhttp://www.cagle.com

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