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THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
The President
The Vice President
The Cabinet
Executive Depts. & Bureaucracy
Qualifications for
Pres. & V.P.
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John Kennedy & MLK
PRESIDENTIAL POWERS
Make Treaties
Appoint Ambassadors,
Judges, & high officials
Powers shared w/
Congress
Approve legislation
• If a bill is veto, the President
is denying a bill from
becoming law. However, the
Senate can override a veto
with a 2/3rds vote.
Secretary of Homeland Security
White House Office
“West Wing”
Closest to the Pres.
#1 person is Chief of Staff
Press Secretary
Many others with various names
—Who is closest to the Oval
Office?
Removal of President
Gave Washington DC 3
electors