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The Office of the PresidentThe Administration and
How it is Organized
White House Staff• Closest advisors to the President
• Typically worked on campaign
• Chief of Staff –Rahm Emanuel • heads EXOP
• Deputy Chiefs of Staff– Jim Messina
– Mona Sutphen
• Political Advisors– David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse
• Press Secretary – daily briefing – “gaggle”– Robert Gibbs
White House Staff• Closest advisors to the President
• Typically worked on campaign
• Chief of Staff –William Daley • heads EXOP
• Deputy Chiefs of Staff– Jim Messina
– Mona Sutphen
• Political Advisors– David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse
• Press Secretary – daily briefing – “gaggle”– Jay Carney
White House Staff• Closest advisors to the President
• Typically worked on campaign
• Chief of Staff – Jacob Lew • heads EXOP
• Deputy Chiefs of Staff– Jim Messina
– Mona Sutphen
• Political Advisors– David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse
• Press Secretary – daily briefing – “gaggle”– Jay Carney
White House Staff
• Lawyers – Counsel
• Speechwriters
• Congressional Liason
• Others
• West Wing & Executive Office Building
• Appt. by President – serve at his pleasure
Executive Office of the President
• Established by FDR in 1939
• Agencies and Councils established by law– 150 + separate organizations– Most report directly to the President– Some are independent within the government
• Appointments confirmed by Senate
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Executive Office of the President
• NSC – National Security Council
• OMB – Office of Management and Budget
• CEA – Council of Economic Advisors
• CIA – Central Intelligence Agency
• “Drug Czar” – National Drug Control Policy
• EPA – Environmental Protection Administration
• Trade Representative
• Oftentimes given Cabinet Level ranking
Cabinet
• Term coined by journalist during Washington’s first term
• Implied in the Constitution– Article II section 2 mentions “executive Departments”
• Departments set by law
• President appoints top leadership – Senate confirms
Cabinet
• President knows few cabinet members personally• Chosen for a variety of reasons.
– Party Politics– Regionalism– Bipartisanship– Diversity– “in-and-outers”– Interest Groups
Cabinet
• Dept of State• Secretary of State• Relations with other countries• Negotiate Treaties• Hillary Clinton• 67th Sec of State• Who was First?
– Thomas Jefferson
Cabinet
• Dept of Defense• Formerly War• Secretary of Defense• Military• Pentagon• Robert M. Gates
• Holdover from GWB
• Leon Panetta – Since June 2011
Cabinet
• Treasury• Secretary of Treasury• Timothy Geithner• Manages finances• IRS, Secret Service
Cabinet
• Justice• Attorney General• Eric Holder• Legality & Laws• Investigations – FBI• Prosecutions – DA• Represent U.S. in court
Other Cabinet Departments
• Department
• Agriculture
• Interior
• Commerce
• Secretary of
• Tom Vilsack– Designated survivor SOTU 2012
• Ken Salazar
• John E Bryson
Other Cabinet Departments
• Department• Labor• Education• Energy• Transportation• Health & Human Service• Homeland Security• Veterans Affairs• Housing & Urban
Development
• Secretary of• Hilda Solis• Arne Duncan• Steven Chu• Ray LaHood• Kathleen Sebelius• Janet Napolitano• Eric Shinseki• Shaun Donovan
Cabinet Rank members• Vice President Joe Biden
• Chief of Staff Jacob Lew
• OMB Jeffery Zients Office of Management and Budget
• Trade Representative Ronald Kirk
• EPA Lisa Jackson Environmental Protection Agency
• CEA Allen Krueger Council of Economic Advisors
• UN Ambassador Susan Rice