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Under the Constitution, the president is the federal official that is primarily responsible for the relations of the United States with foreign nations. The president appoints ambassadors, ministers, and consuls (subject to confirmation by the Senate) and receives foreign ambassadors and other public officials. [49]
Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the President of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the President, and establishes the President's powers and responsibilities.
The customary method by which agencies of the United States government are created, abolished, consolidated, or divided is through an act of Congress. [2] The presidential reorganization authority essentially delegates these powers to the president for a defined period of time, permitting the President to take those actions by decree. [3]
Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution explains the powers delegated to the federal House of Representatives and Senate.
The Appointments Clause appears at Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 and provides:... and [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be ...
Vice President (Constitution, Article II, Section I) Kamala Harris: January 20, 2021 Secretary of State (22 U.S.C. § 2651a) Antony Blinken: January 26, 2021 Secretary of the Treasury (31 U.S.C. § 301) Janet Yellen: January 26, 2021 Secretary of Defense (10 U.S.C. § 113) Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503 ...
President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services – a.k.a. "Fahy Committee" (1948) President’s Committee on Religious & Moral Welfare & Character Guidance in the Armed Forces (1948) President's Water Resources Policy Commission (1950) President's Communications Policy Board (1950) President's Commission on ...
For Philip Bobbitt, a constitutional law professor and former NSC senior director during the Clinton Administration, the way Nixon’s staff handled him highlights how many White House staff are ...