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|[[Secretary of Labor]]||[[Hilda Solis]]||[[Elaine Chao]]* | |[[Secretary of Labor]]||[[Hilda Solis]]||[[Elaine Chao]]* | ||
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Secretary of Health and Human Services]]||[[Kathleen Sebelius]]||[[Michael O. Leavitt]] |
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]||[[Shaun Donovan]]||[[Alphonso R. Jackson]] |
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Secretary of Transportation]]||[[Ray LaHood]]||[[Mary Peters (politician)|Mary E. Peters]] |
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Secretary of Energy]]||[[Steven Chu]]||[[Samuel W. Bodman]] |
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|[[Secretary of Education]]||[[Arne Duncan]]||[[Margaret Spellings]] | |[[Secretary of Education]]||[[Arne Duncan]]||[[Margaret Spellings]] | ||
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]||[[Eric Shinseki]]**||[[Jim Nicholson (U.S. politician)|Jim Nicholson]] |
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Secretary of Homeland Security]]||[[Janet Napolitano]]||[[Michael Chertoff]] |
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|[[Vice President of the United States]]||[[Joseph Biden]]||[[Dick Cheney]] | |[[Vice President of the United States]]||[[Joseph Biden]]||[[Dick Cheney]] | ||
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| − | |[[White House | + | |[[White House Chief of Staff]]||[[Rahm Emanuel]]||[[Joshua B. Bolten]] |
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|[[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]||[[Lisa P. Jackson]]||[[Stephen L. Johnson]] | |[[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]||[[Lisa P. Jackson]]||[[Stephen L. Johnson]] | ||
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|[[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]]||[[Peter R. Orszag]]||[[Robert J. Portman]] | |[[Office of Management and Budget|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]]||[[Peter R. Orszag]]||[[Robert J. Portman]] | ||
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| − | |[[ | + | |[[Director of the National Drug Control Policy]]||[[Edward H. Jurith]]||[[John P. Walters]] |
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|[[Office of the United States Trade Representative|United States Trade Representative]]||[[Ron Kirk]]||[[Susan Schwab]] | |[[Office of the United States Trade Representative|United States Trade Representative]]||[[Ron Kirk]]||[[Susan Schwab]] | ||
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| − | [[Category : United States]] | + | [[Category:United States]] |
| − | [[Category : United States Cabinet]] | + | [[Category:United States Cabinet]] |
| − | [[Category : United States Government Agencies]] | + | [[Category:United States Government Agencies]] |
Revision as of 21:04, July 13, 2016
The United States Cabinet refers to the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the United States federal government.
The first Cabinet formed by President George Washington, consisted of four people; Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson; Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton; Secretary of War, Henry Knox; and Attorney General, Edmund Randolph.
Nomination
All members of the Cabinet are nominated by the President. The United States Senate then holds a vote to either confirm or reject any nominees. This process comes from Article II, section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which says the president "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for..." [1]
The president does have the option of making a "recess appointment" when the Senate is in between sessions, or which in recess during a session. An appointment of this type will expire at the end of the following congressional session.
Terms
Cabinet positions customarily end when the president who nominated them steps down from office. Cabinet members can be fired by the President at any time. In some cases members of the cabinet will tender their resignation if controversy arises (i.e. Donald Rumsfeld).
Members
The current cabinet and the order of Presidential succession after the Vice President, Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate is as follows:[2]
* The order of succession will skip anyone who is ineligible to hold the office of the President. The former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao are not natural-born citizens, and therefore were ineligible. ** Resigned on May 30, 2014.
There are also officers of the Cabinet who do not have the title Secretary. They are: