1. Bringing together the Bureaucracy

2. Question Time!!! Answer Questions for Participation Points!!!

3. Who is the Secretary of State?

5. What does the Department of State do????

6. Mission Department Mission Statement Advance freedom for the benefit of the American people and the international community by helping to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world composed of well- governed states that respond to the needs of their people, reduce widespread poverty, and act responsibly within the international system. Department Mission Statement Advance freedom for the benefit of the American people and the international community by helping to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world composed of well- governed states that respond to the needs of their people, reduce widespread poverty, and act responsibly within the international system.

7. AKA Help set foreign policy in the United States in order to create a responsible and prosperous country in a global community… Help set foreign policy in the United States in order to create a responsible and prosperous country in a global community…

8. See if you can make a connection here… See if you can make a connection here…

9. Parkway North’s Mission The mission of Parkway North High School is to develop self-directed, creative, critical thinkers who are socially responsible people prepared for an ever-changing world. The mission of Parkway North High School is to develop self-directed, creative, critical thinkers who are socially responsible people prepared for an ever-changing world.

10. What does the Department of the Interior do?

11. Mission Our Mission: Protecting America's Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future Our Mission: Protecting America's Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future The U.S. Department of the Interior protects America’s natural resources and heritage, honors our cultures and tribal communities, and supplies the energy to power our future. The U.S. Department of the Interior protects America’s natural resources and heritage, honors our cultures and tribal communities, and supplies the energy to power our future.

12. What is a tangible effect of the Department of the Interior?

13. What is a tangible effect of the Department of Veteran Affairs?

16. Who leads the Department of Justice?

18. What does the Department of Justice do?

19. Mission To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

20. Part of the Department of Justice FBI FBI DEA DEA U.S. Marshals U.S. Marshals Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

21. Why does all of this matter?

22. What does this say about our bureaucracy?

23. The President of the United States is responsible for running all aspects of the country

24. But it is not possible to do it alone.

26. The Cabinet is…

27. 16 Staff members that report directly to the President to advise him on specific matters important to the running of the U.S. 16 Staff members that report directly to the President to advise him on specific matters important to the running of the U.S.

28. Some Cabinet matters of note Vice President Vice President Secretary of State Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Secretary of Defense Attorney General Attorney General Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of the Treasury

29. Only a SMALL SMALL fraction fo the Bureaucracy…

30. Multiply the green dots in yellow by a about 50 thousand to get the actual number in the Bureaucracy

31. The job of the Bureaucracy is to make it possible for the President to be able to do his/her job.

32. So do everyone a favor and give a bureaucrat (government worker) a hug today!!!