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Excutive B Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 government's plan for interacting with the other countries of the world. |
| Diplomacy | The art of interacting with foreign governments. -A president's 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 person's sentence. |
| Pardon | Forgives a person for his or her crime and eliminates (gets rid of) 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 U.S. representatives in foreign countries. The official place where ambassadors live in a foreign country is the embassy. |
| Consulate | A U.S. counsel's office is a consulate. It is a place where U.S. commercial interests are addressed in foreign countries |
| Passports | Documents needed to travel to other countries issued by the country of the person's citizenshipe |
| Visas | Decuments 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 possibilities. |
| Department of Homeland Security | Established after the Sept.11th attacks. It goal is to protect the nation from all threats and attacks; this includes natural disasters |
| Independents agencies | Specialized groups and funded by Congress who work for a common goal/topic in the Executive Branch. |
| Bureaucracy | All of the employees of U.S. 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. |
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