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About the President's Cabinet:

The President’s cabinet is made of 15 leaders of executive departments. This advisory body is appointed by the president and confirmed by the United States Senate. The heads of these departments are also fundamental to the Presidential line of succession because after the Vice President, Speaker of the house, and Senate President pro tempore, the succession goes down the line of Cabinets starting with the departments that were created first. These Cabinets include:

  1. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  2. Department of Commerce
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Education
  5. Department of Energy (DOE)
  6. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  7. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  8. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  9. Department of the Interior (DOI)
  10. Department of Justice (DOJ)
  11. Department of Labor
  12. Department of State
  13. Department of Transportation (DOT)
  14. Department of the Treasury
  15. Department of Veteran Affairs

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