Current Influential US Goverment Figures Flashcards
Memorize the names and positions of the politicians who are making the big decisions, from the Supreme Court to the White House.
Who currently holds the following office?
President
Barack Obama
Who currently holds the following office?
Vice President
Joe Biden
Who currently holds the following office?
Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi
Who currently holds the following office?
Secretary of the State
Hillary Clinton
Who currently holds the following office?
Secretary of the Treasury
Tim Geithner
Who currently holds the following office?
Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates
Who currently holds the following office?
Secretary of Commerce
Gary Locke
Who currently holds the following office?
Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
Who currently holds the following office?
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet A. Napolitano
Who currently holds the following office?
White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel
Who currently holds the following office?
White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs
Who currently holds the following office?
Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid
Who currently holds the following office?
House Majority Leader
Steny Hoyer
Who currently holds the following office?
Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell
Who currently holds the following office?
House Minority Leader
John Boehner
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House, 8th District of California
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Barack Obama
President, former Illinois Senator
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Joe Biden
Vice President, former Delaware Senator for 6 terms
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State, former New York Senator, Former First Lady
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Tim Geithner
Secretary of Treasury, former President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Robert Gates
Secretary of Defense, previously in CIA, officer in US Air Force
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Rahm Emanuel
White House Chief of Staff, former Illinois Representative
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Robert Gibbs
White House Press Secretary, former Communications Director for Obama’s 2008 campaign
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Steny Hoyer
House Majority Leader, 5th District of Maryland
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader, Nevada Senator
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader, Kentucky Senator
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Gary Locke
Secretary of Commerce, former Washington State Governor, Chinese American
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
John Boehner
House Minority Leader, 8th District of Ohio
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Arne Duncan
Secretary of Education, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Janet A. Napolitano
Secretary of Homeland Security, former Governor of Arizona
Who currently holds the following office?
Supreme Court Chief Justice
John Roberts
Who currently holds the following office?
the most senior member of the Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Who currently holds the following office?
the newest appointment on the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
John Roberts
Chief Justice of Supreme Court, appointed by George W. Bush
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
John Paul Stevens
most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by Gerald Ford
What office does the following U.S. government official occupy?
Sonia Sotomayor
newest appointment to the Supreme Court, appointed by Barack Obama
