12.3 Running the Govt. The Chief Executive

Question 1

Cabinet

Answer 1

Group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the constitution, although every president has had one. Today the cabinet is comoposed of 14 secretaries, the attorney general, and others designated by the president

Question 2

National Security Council

Answer 2

Committee that links the president’s foreign and military policy advisers. Its fiormal members are the president, vice president, secretary ofstate, and secretary of defense, and it is managed by the president’s national security assistant.

Question 3

Council of Economic Advisers

Answer 3

Three-member body body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy

Question 4

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 4

An office that prepares the president’s budget and also advises presidents on proposals from departments and agencies and helps review their proposed regulations