presidential cabinet
Executive branch advisors
A presidential cabinet is the group of senior officials—typically department heads—who advise a president and help execute policy.
In the United States, cabinet members lead agencies like the Departments of State, Defense, and Treasury, and are appointed by the president with Senate confirmation.
The president met with her cabinet to discuss the crisis.
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- chief of staffHighest-ranking administrative assistant
- press secretaryOfficial media liaison
- policy-makingFormulating official guidelines
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
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Lawmaking governmental branch
Congress · Supreme Court · judiciary · legislative branch · House of Representatives
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Voters decide policy personally
general public · town hall meeting · grassroots movement · the masses · electorate
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Built-in cooking-area storage
shadow government · inner circle · cabal · deep state · cronies
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