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YOUR GOVERNMENT KIDS ESPANOL CONTACT PRIVACY POLICY SITE The White House PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH jff ------HOME EWAIL UPDATES I ■ President Bush's Home > Government Cabinet ■ Executive Office of the President President Bush's Cabinet ■ Citizens* Handbook ■ Federal Agencies & Commissions The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. One of the | ■ Federal Statistics purposes of the Cabinet (drawn from Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution) is to advise the F any subject he may require relating to the duties of their respective offices. Appointments ■ Application ■ Nominations The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments-the Seci Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homelanc Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Vetera FlRSlGOV and the Attorney General. Under President George W. Bush, Cabinet-level rank also has bee the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Management and Bue i Search U.S. Government Web Sites Director, National Drug Control Policy; and the U.S. Trade Representative.

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Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez www.doc.gov

Department of Defense Department of Labor Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Secretary Elaine Chao www.defenselink.mil www.dol.gov

Donald Rumsfeld

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Department of State Secretary Condoleezza Rice www.state.gov

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Department of Energy Department of Transportation Secretary Samuel W. Bodman Secretary Norman Mineta www.energy.gov fite1 www.dot.gov JS /iaB

Samuel W. Bodman i

Department of Health & Department of the Treasury Human Services Secretary John Snow Secretary Michael O. Leavitt www.ustreas.gov www.dhhs.gov

Michael O. Leavitt

Department of Department of Veterans Affairs Homeland Security Secretary Jim Nicholson Secretary Michael Chertoff www.va.gov www.dhs.gov

Michael Chertoff

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Alphonso Jackson

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The Vice President White House Richard B. Cheney Chief of Staff www.wh ite ho use .gov/vice preside nt/ Andrew H. Card, Jr.

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Office of Management United States Trade and Budget Representative Joshua B. Bolten Ambassador Rob Portman www.omb.gov www.ustr.gov

Joshua B. Bolten

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