5.

3 Notes
The Powers of the Presidency
1) The President uses his cabinet members to enforce the laws Congress sends him.
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Cabinet Position

Name

Secretary of State

John Kerry

Secretary of Treasury

Jacob Lew

Secretary of Defense

Ashton Carter

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Description
Principally
concerned with
foreign policy
and is
considered to be
the U.S.
government's
equivalent of a
Minister for
Foreign Affairs
Concerned with
financial and
monetary
matters, and,
until 2003, also
included several
federal law
enforcement
agencies
Secretary of
Defense's power
over the United
States military is
second only to
that of the
President.[10]
This position
corresponds to
what is generally
known as a
Defense Minister
in many other
countries

Attorney General

Loretta Lynch

Is the head of
the United States
Department of
Justice

Secretary of Interior

Sally Jewell

Secretary of
Agriculture

Tom Vilsack

Secretary of
Commerce

Penny Pritzker

Leads an agency
with more than
70,000
employees.
Interior serves as
steward for
approximately 20
percent of the
nation's lands,
including
national parks,
national wildlife
refuges, and
other public
lands
The United
States Food
Safety and
Inspection
Service ensure
the safety of
food produced
that are
produced in the
United States
and sold here.
Secretary is
concerned with
promoting
American
businesses and
industries; the
Department
states its mission
to be "to foster,
promote, and
develop the
foreign and
domestic
commerce"

Secretary of Labor

Thomas Perez

Secretary Health and

Human Services

Sylvia Burwell

Secretary of Housing
and Urban
Development

Julian Castro

Is the head of
the U.S.
Department of
Labor, exercises
control over the
department, and
enforces and
suggests laws
involving unions,
the workplace,
and all other
issues involving
any form of
business-person
controversies.
Protecting the
health of all
Americans and
providing
essential human
services.

Is the principal
Federal agency
responsible for
programs
concerned with
the Nation's
housing needs,
fair housing
opportunities,
and
improvement
and
development of
the Nation's
communities

Secretary of
Transportation

Anthony Foxx

Oversees the
formulation of
national
transportation
policy and
promotes
intermodal
transportation.

Secretary of Energy

Ernest Moniz

Secretary of
Education

Arne Duncan

Secretary of Veteran
Affairs

Robert McDonald

Responsibility for
long-term, highrisk research and
development of
energy technology,
federal power
marketing, energy
conservation, the
nuclear weapons
program, energy
regulatory
programs, and a
central energy data
collection and
analysis program.
The mission of
the Department
of Education is to
ensure equal
access to
education and to
promote
educational
excellence
throughout the
nation.
Is responsible for
providing vital
services to
Americas
veterans.

Secretary of
Homeland Security

Jeh Johnson

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The Office of the

Secretary
oversees
Department of
Homeland
Security (DHS)
efforts to counter
terrorism and
enhance
security, secure
and manage our
borders while
facilitating trade
and travel,
enforce and
administer our
immigration
laws,