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What is the function of the President’s Cabinet? Who may belong to the Cabinet?

If you were part of the President's Cabinet, what would you suggest to him that would help improve our economy?

What's the difference between a Cabinet-level department and a federal agency?

When President George W. Bush announced the appointment of Condoleezza Rice to the head of the National Security Council (NSC), he said he had decided not to make her part of the Cabinet. Has the head of the NSC ever been part of the Cabinet?


Meet President Barack Obama's Team


 

Impeachment President and Congress The President President's Job, Part I President's Job, Part II President's Cabinet President Has Fun

 
The President's Cabinet

The President's Cabinet and How It Grew
by Nancy Winslow Parker

Smart About the Presidents (Smart About History)
by Jon Buller, Susan Schade, and Jill Weber

Madam President
by Lane Smith

Don't Know Much About the Presidents
by Kenneth C. Davis and Pedro Martin

If I Were President
by Catherine Stier and Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan

The President's Work: A Look at the Executive Branch (How Government Works)
by Elaine Landau

The Cabinet of the President of the United States
by James A Eichner

Government By the People
by Bentley Boyd

Locked in the Cabinet.(Review): An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
by Maureen A. Walsh

Executive branch: The top job has grown so complex that CEOs practically need a presidential cabinet to stay informed and on their toes. (Management).(Chief ... An article from: Chief Executive (U.S.)
by Jennifer Pellet

Presidential Cabinet making: Lessons for the political system (A Poynter essay)
by Nelson W Polsby

Cabinets of the presidents and the speakers of the House of representatives, presidential electoral votes by states, 1900-1916: Special notes on the presidents
 by Ernest Fletcher Clymer

The polls: cabinet member and presidential approval.: An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
by Costas Panagopoulos

Powersharing: White House-Cabinet Relations in the Modern Presidency.: An article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
by Jeffrey E. Cohen

From George W. to George W.: The Presidents and their Cabinets
by Brian Merrill

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Did you know James Madison of Virginia was responsible for proposing the resolution to
create the various Cabinet positions within the Executive Branch?

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Projects You Can Do

Think about the responsibilities, programs, and impact of government departments whose leaders comprise the Presidential Cabinet.

Examine President Obama's selections for his Cabinet members.

Participate in a Web Exploration about the government departments whose leaders serve in the Presidential Cabinet. Go to the Exploration's URL and click on the "Load" button on the control panel, which is located in the bottom right corner.

Imagine that you are involved in a newly-designated secretary of a government department and compose an agenda offering department goals and initiatives for the next four years.

 

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