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vocab exe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Presidential succession | If both the president and the vice president die or leave office, the 20th amendment gives Congress the power to set the order of presidential succession. |
| State of the Union Address | Televised speech given once a year-sets for the programs and policies that the President wants Congress to put into effect as laws. |
| Foreign Policy | The governments plan for interacting with other countries of the world |
| Diplomacy | The art of interacting with foreign governments.-a presidents visits to foreign countries helps build international friendship |
| Treaties | written agreements with other countries. Many officials work to reach these agreements, including Senators |
| Reprieve | postpones the carrying out of a persons sentence |
| Pardon | forgives a person for his or her crime and eliminates their punishment. |
| Secretary | the title of most cabinet members is secretary |
| Attorney General | the head of the department of justice is known as the attorney general |
| Ambassadors | highest ranking us representatives in foreign countries the official place where ambassadors live in a foreign country is the embassy |
| Consulate | a us consuel office is a consulate it is a place where us commercial interests are addressed in foreign countries |
| Passports | documents needed to travel to other countries issued by the country of the persons citizenship |
| Visas | documents which allow people from other countries to come to the usa |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff | top military officers of each branch of the armed forces who advise the president about military actions and military possibilites |
| Department of Homeland Security | established after the Sept. 11th attacks its goal is to protect the nation from all threats and attacks this includes natural disasters |
| Indepnedent Agencies | specialized groups created and funded by Congress who work for a common goal/topic in the executive branch. Example: Nasa is an agency |
| Bureaucracy | All of the employees of us agencies as well as those of the executive departments make up the bureaucracy there are almost 3 million people who work in the federal bureaucracy |