Cabinet of the United States

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The Cabinet of the United States is the group of the President’s top executive department heads and key officials who advise on and implement federal government policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body
governmental body
advises President of the United States
alsoKnownAs Cabinet of the United States
surface form: United States Cabinet
composedOf Cabinet-level officials
Vice President of the United States
heads of executive departments
country United States of America
dateFormed 1789
decisionType advisory, not legislative
formedBy President of the United States
hasNoPowerTo enact statutes
historicalPrecedent first formed under President George Washington
includesOffice Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (Cabinet-level)
Director of National Intelligence
surface form: Director of National Intelligence (Cabinet-level)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Cabinet-level)
Office of the Vice President of the United States
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level)
United States Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
surface form: United States Department of Commerce

Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: United States Department of Energy

United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Department of Justice
United States Department of Labor
United States Department of State
United States Department of Transportation
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of the Interior
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Trade Representative (Cabinet-level)
White House Chief of Staff
surface form: White House Chief of Staff (Cabinet-level)
language English
legalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution
surface form: Article II of the United States Constitution (implied)

presidential practice and statutes
meetsAt White House
meetsWith President’s senior staff
membersAppointedBy President of the United States
membersConfirmedBy United States Senate
oversees implementation of federal laws
partOf executive branch of the United States
surface form: Executive Branch of the United States Government
primaryFunction advise the President
implement federal government policy
reportsTo President of the United States
scopeOfAuthority United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States

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Timothy Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury partOf Cabinet of the United States
subject surface form: Timothy Geithner
this entity surface form: Cabinet of Barack Obama
Steven Mnuchin as United States Secretary of the Treasury memberOf Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: President Donald Trump Cabinet
Jack Kemp memberOf Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: United States Cabinet
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs isPositionIn Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: United States federal executive departments
Virginia Gordon Wallace memberOf Cabinet of the United States
subject surface form: Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
this entity surface form: Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Loretta Lynch partOf Cabinet of the United States
John partOf Cabinet of the United States
subject surface form: John C. Calhoun
this entity surface form: United States Cabinet
Barbara Franklin partOf Cabinet of the United States
F. David Mathews sharesOfficeWith Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: Cabinet of President Gerald Ford
Tom Price partOf Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: Cabinet of Donald Trump
Merrick Brian Garland partOf Cabinet of the United States
Cabinet of North Carolina isDistinctFrom Cabinet of the United States
U.S. presidents appoints Cabinet of the United States
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years depicts Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: Lincoln’s cabinet
Department of Transportation partOf Cabinet of the United States
subject surface form: United States Department of Transportation
Samuel Dexter (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) partOf Cabinet of the United States
subject surface form: Samuel Dexter
this entity surface form: Cabinet of President John Adams
Secretary of Public Works and Highways memberOf Cabinet of the United States
this entity surface form: President’s Cabinet