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Executive Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Presidential Succession f | President dies or leaves the office. Gives congress the power of presidential succsesion |
| State of Union Address | Televised Speech or the programs and policies that the Congress put into effect as laws |
| Foreign policy | The government's plan for interacting with other countries |
| Diplomacuy | Art o interacting with foreign countries |
| treaties | Written agreements |
| reprieve | Postpones carrying out a persons sentence |
| Pardon | forgives a person and eliminates their punishment |
| secretary | title of most cabinet members |
| Attorney general | The head of the department o Justice |
| Ambassadors | Highest Ranking of U.S Representatives in foreign contries |
| Consulate | U.S Counsel's office is a consulate |
| passports | Documents needed to travel to other countries |
| Visas | Documents which allow people to travel to the US |
| Joint Chiefs of staff | Top military officers of each branch of the armed forces |
| Department of Homeland security | their goal is to protect the nation from all threats |
| Independent agencies | Groups created and funded by Congress who work for a common goal/topic |
| Bureaucracy | All of the employees of the U.S agencies make up the Bureaucracy |