Is Cheney Part of the Executive Branch?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. One of the principal purposes of the Cabinet (drawn from Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution) is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of their respective offices. The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments-the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, and the Attorney General. Under President George W. Bush, Cabinet-level rank also has been accorded to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Management and Budget; the Director, National Drug Control Policy; and the U.S. Trade Representative. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer www.usda.gov Ed Schafer Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne www.doi.gov Dirk Kempthorne Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez www.doc.gov Carlos Gutierrez Department of Justice Attorney General Michael Mukasey www.usdoj.gov Michael Mukasey Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates www.defenselink.mil Robert M. Gates Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao www.dol.gov Elaine Chao Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings www.ed.gov Margaret Spellings Department of State Secretary Condoleezza Rice www.state.gov Condoleezza Rice Department of Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman www.energy.gov Samuel W. Bodman Department of Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters www.dot.gov Mary E. Peters Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt www.hhs.gov Michael O. Leavitt Department of the Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. www.ustreas.gov Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff www.dhs.gov Michael Chertoff Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. James Peake www.va.gov Dr. James Peake Department of Housing & Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston www.hud.gov Steve Preston Cabinet Rank Members The Vice President Richard B. Cheney www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/ Richard B. Cheney White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten Joshua B. Bolten Office of Management and Budget Jim Nussle www.omb.gov Jim Nussle United States Trade Representative Ambassador Susan Schwab www.ustr.gov Susan Schwab Environmental Protection Agency Stephen Johnson www.epa.gov Stephen Johnson Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov John Walters

Blip | June 26, 2008

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