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Executive Branch
key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| presidential succession | gives Congress power to order presidential succession. |
| state of the union address | televised speech that the president wants to put into effect as laws.s |
| foreign policy | interacting with other countries |
| diplomacy | president's visit's to foreign countries help build friendship's |
| treaties | written agreement's with other countries |
| reprieve | postpones a person's sentence |
| pardon | Forgives a person for their crime and get rid of punishment |
| secretary | the title of cabinet member's |
| attorney general | The head of department's of justice |
| ambassador's | Highest ranking U.S. representatives |
| consulate | US. commercial interest's are addressed in foreign countries |
| passport's | Document's needed to travel |
| visa's | document's which allow people to come to the USA |
| Joint chiefs of staff | armed forces who advise the president about military action's |
| Department of Homeland security | to protect the nation from all threat's |
| independent agencies | specialized groups that created and funded by Congress |
| bureaucracy | all of the employees of US agencies |