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executive branch
Question | Answer |
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compensation | salary of the president |
President Succession | The order in which officials fill the office of the president in case of vacancy |
Elector | member of a party chosen in each state to formally elect the president and vice president |
Electoral vote | The official vote for president and vice president by electors in each state |
Cabinet | secretaries of the executive departments and other top officials that help the president make decisions and policy |
Leak | the release of secret information by anonymous government officials to the media |
Central clearance | office of management and budgets review of all legislative proposals that executive agencies prepare. |
national security advisor | director of the national security council staff |
Press secretary | one of the president's top assistants who is in charge of the media |
Mandate | strong popular support |
forum | medium for discussion |
Executive order | rules that have the force of the law |
reprieve | grants postponement of a legal punishment |
pardon | release from a legal punishment |
amnesty | a group to pardon people for an offense against the government |
patronage | appointment to political office |
treaty | formal agreements between governments of 2 or more countries |
executive agreement | pacts between the president and the head of foreign government |
De facto | existing in fact, rather than legally |
covert | secret |