Cabinet

=__The Cabinet__= toc The President's Cabinet is made up of the Vice President and 15 different leaders from executive departments. In the cabinet, there are the secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation,Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and the Attorney General. These secretaries are chosen by the President so that the President has a choice of whom he thinks is wise enough to advise him.The people in the Cabinet give advice to the President of what to do depending on what department they belong to. The Cabinet discusses these issues with the President at a meeting each week.

The Cabinet's Duties
The members of the Cabinet must to many things to help the President of the United States. They must all attend weekly meetings to discuss issues that their departments are having, and to advise the President about what he/she can do to help destroy that issue. Of course, the different secretaries have different things that they must do. For example, the Secretary of State deals with relationships with other countries while the Secretary of Homeland Security makes sure that things are safe in the US and that no major terrorist attacks occur within the United States. These duties of the separate Cabinet members help our country and President very much during their term as Secretary. Examples of secretaries' duties are the duties of Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Labor, as seen below.

The Secretary of State
The Secretary of State deals with security around the globe and foreign affairs. The Secretary of State represents the United States when they are dealing with treaties and negotiations. For example, the Secretary of State may go to a foreign country that the US is having war with and try to make a treaty in order to maintain/make peace. Without the Secretary of State, the United States of America wouldn't have a very strong friendship with other nations across the globe.

The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Treasury deals with US currency, taxes, recommending economic plans, and being the financial agent for the US. The Secretary of the Treasury also manages the national debt and makes plans to deal with the national debt that greatly affects the economy. The Secretary of the Treasury also looks over the Department because he/she is the financial agent for the USA. Not only is the financial agent, but he is also the Chief Financial Advisor for the USA. Without the Secretary of the Treasury, the USA's economy would completely fail.

The Secretary of Labor
The Secretary of Labor deals with people who earn a wage and make sure that they get enough money to live on and that they get a job that has safe working conditions. The Secretary makes sure that they get at least X amount of money per hour that they work, that they are safe when they work, and that they have unemployment insurance. The Department of Labor tries to find jobs for citizens, provides job training if needed to do the job, and help Americans who want to work, but have some disadvantages such as being a woman, disabled, young, or old. Without the Secretary of Labor, people wouldn't be able to be supplied with things that they need (food, clothing, shelter, etc.) and the economy would be a bigger mess because many people wouldn't have the money to buy and spend regularly.

The Cabinet Today
The Cabinet has been helping the President and the US since 1789. The Cabinet presently has 15 members, but in 1789 it only had 2. Without the Cabinet today, the US would probably be a muddle because we wouldn't have leaders, besides the President, to specifically deal with each department to help make the US a better place. For 220 years, the Cabinet has stood strong, even through the toughest of times, to help the country that they adore. God bless America, as well as the Cabinet of the USA!