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!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is composed of the appointed officers of the [United States Executive Branch] of the [United States federal government], who are generally the heads of the [United States Federal Executive Departments]. [{$pagename}] members are nominated by the [President of the United States of America] and then presented to the [United States Senate] for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority (although, before use of the "nuclear option" during the 113th [US Congress|United States Congress], they could have been blocked by filibuster, requiring cloture to be invoked by 3/5 supermajority to further consideration). If approved, they are sworn in and then begin their duties. Aside from the [United States Attorney General], and the Postmaster General when it was a Cabinet office, they all receive the title of Secretary. [{$pagename}] Members serve at the pleasure of the [President of the United States of America]; the [President of the United States of America] may dismiss or reappoint them (to other posts) at will.
[{$pagename}] [{$applicationname}] refers you to Wikipedia: [Cabinet of the United States|Wikipedia:Cabinet_of_the_United_States|target='_blank']!! Article II [United States Constitution]
[{$pagename}], inferred from the language of the in [United States Constitution], Article II, Section 2, the Cabinet's ''is to serve as an advisory body to the president of the United States''.
[{$pagename}] is also [Amendment XXV] authorizes the [Vice President of the United States], together with a majority of certain members of the Cabinet, to declare the [President of the United States of America] "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".
[{$pagename}] includes the [Vice President of the United States] and the heads of [United States Federal Executive Departments]:
* [United States Department of State]
* [United States Department of the Treasury]
* [United States Department of Defense]
* [United States Department of Justice]
* [United States Department of the Interior]
* [United States Department of Agriculture]
* [United States Department of Commerce]
* [United States Department of Labor]
* [United States Department of Health and Human Services]
* [United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]
* [United States Department of Transportation]
* [United States Department of Energy]
* [United States Department of Education]
* [United States Department of Veterans Affairs]
* [United States Department of Homeland Security]!! Cabinet-rank
Besides the "heads" of the other departments, the following positions also have the status of [{$pagename}]-rank:
* White House Chief of Staff
* [United States Director of National Intelligence] ([DNI]) (50 [U.S.C.] § 3023)
* Director of the [Central Intelligence Agency] (50 [U.S.C.] § 3036)
* Administrator of [United States Department of Environmental Protection Agency|United States Environmental Protection Agency] (5 [U.S.C.] § 906, [Executive order] 11735)
* Director of [Office of Management and Budget] - (31 [U.S.C.] § 502, [Executive order] 11541, [Executive order] 11609, [Executive order] 11717)
* [Office of the United States Trade Representative] ([USTR]) (19 [U.S.C.] § 2171)
* [United States Small Business Administration] ([SBA]) - (15 [U.S.C.] § 633)!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Cabinet_of_the_United_States|Wikipedia:Cabinet_of_the_United_States|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-08-27-
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