!!! 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 There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }] ---- * [#1] - [Cabinet_of_the_United_States|Wikipedia:Cabinet_of_the_United_States|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-08-27-