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Cabinet

Definition A Senior political body that helps the President to make decision. Experts in their fields Guide the President

Appointment All Cabinet members are appointed by the president Approval of the Senate(Congress)

G. Washington's Original Cabinet State Thomas Jefferson Treasury Alexander Hamilton War Henry Knox Attorney General Edmund Jennings Randolph March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797 (Term 2)

Current Cabinet

16 Positions Vice President of the United States - Joe Biden Attorney General - Eric H. Holder Jr. Secretary of Agriculture - Tom J. Vilsack Acting Secretary of Commerce - Rebecca M. Blank Secretary of Defense - Leon E. Panetta Secretary of Education - Arne Duncan Secretary of Energy - Steven Chu Secretary of Health and Human Services - Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Homeland Security - Janet Napolitano Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Shaun Donovan Secretary of Interior - Ken Salazar Secretary of Labor - Hilda L. Solis Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton Secretary of Transportation - Ray H. LaHood Secretary of the Treasury - Timothy F. Geithner Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Eric K. Shinseki

Additional Added Positions Chief of Staff to the President - Jack Lew Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Lisa Jackson Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Jeffrey Zients U.S. Trade Representative - Ambassador Ronald Kirk U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) - Ambassador Susan Rice Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers - Alan B. Krueger Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Karen G. Mills