Cabinet Positions of the US Government

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Cabinet Positions

-The United States Department of Agriculture

        The Department of Agriculture, often called the USDA, is the government entity that is responsible for creating and executing all policies and regulations having anything to do with farming, food, and agriculture in general. Using its budget of 94 billion dollars, it aims to help farmers and ranchers, promote trade of agricultural products, assure safety of food and protect natural resources. One of the most important day to day jobs of the department of agriculture is the inspecting of meat, vegetables, fruit etc. which is marked for consumer use.

-The United States Department of Commerce

        The Department of Commerce is a small but important department of the cabinet. The main concern of the Department of Commerce is to promote economic growth and prevent economic stagnation. To do this, it ensures that new jobs are being created, living standards are improving and that there is sufficient infrastructure in the American capitalistic system to promote growth of the American economy. This department was originally part of a larger department, The United States Department of Commerce and Labor which obviously included the current Department of Labor. The Department of Commerce also contains the recognizable Bureau of the Census and NOAA, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for some reason.

-United States Department of Defense

        The Department of Defense, often referred to as the DOD, though in name is one of the newer departments within the cabinet, is actually one of the oldest. This department was originally name the department of war, back when it was created in the 1700’s, but was renamed to a more politically correct name of Department of Defense instead of war. This department coordinates and supervises everything within the government that deals with national security and the military, including the navy, army, air force, etc. The department is based in the pentagon, and is made up of three main branches which happen to be the aforementioned branches of the military

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-United States Department of Education

        The department of Education was created in the 1980’s when the original Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into different departments. This was facilitated by the Department of Education Organization Act. Unlike many other countries educational systems, the system of the United States is highly decentralized, and the federal government has little control over day to day activities of schools, such as curriculums or lesson plans, but does have control over schools in the form of grant money. It should be said that in the constitution there is no mention of the federal ...

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