They all sit around a very large rectangular table.
I think Obama had one cabinet meeting during is first term. They took a group picture, so that may have been its purpose. I suppose making introductions was another reason and Obama may have said something abut the goals of his administration and what he expected from his cabinet.
I think Obama had one cabinet meeting during is first term. They took a group picture, so that may have been its purpose. I suppose making introductions was another reason and Obama may have said something abut the goals of his administration and what he expected from his cabinet.
to advise the president
to advise the President.
to advise the President.
to advise the President.
United States Cabinet nominees are chosen from a large pool of potential candidates. One of the few qualification restrictions is set out in Article one in the Constitution : "no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either house during his continuance in office." Accordingly, a sitting member of the United States Congress must resign his or her seat before accepting a Cabinet appointment. Likewise, a governor appointed to a cabinet post must resign as governor.
Yes, a board member can request that the board president leave a meeting, but whether the request is granted may depend on the specific rules and procedures outlined in the organization's bylaws or governing documents. In some cases, a majority vote from the board members may be required to remove the board president from a meeting.
A Cabinet member does not serve a particular term of office like the President does. Cabinet members serve "at the pleasure of the President". This means that they can be fired by the President or any succeeding President at any time.
Of course. There already have already been black people in his cabinet from his first term (Eric Holder as Attorney General, for example), and several major government agencies were headed by black people, such as Lisa Jackson, who was in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Ron Kirk, who served as U.S. Trade Representative. The president has also had Asian and Hispanic members of the cabinet, and members of his advisory team are from a variety of ethnicities. We may reasonably assume that he will have other minority cabinet and major agency members during his second term.
Any member may ask any other member a question during question time, most questions are directed at members of the cabinet or shadow cabinet members.
In most forms of government, particularly in a parliamentary form of government, the head of government (e.g., the prime minister or premier) has the sole right to "hire-and-fire" cabinet ministers.