foreign relations
The power to create a cabinet level post belongs to the president. However, the Congress much appropriate the funds to operate it. The most recent cabinet department is the Department of Homeland Security.
Foreign relations are handled by the US Department of State ("State Department").
No, since it is a part of the president's cabinet, the president controls it.
Zachary Taylor was the first president to have a Secretary of the Interior. However, he did not create the cabinet position or the Interior Department. The Interior Department was created by Congress in 1849.
The constitution does not mention a cabinet nor give any details about how the executive department should be organized. Congress has the power to create or abolish cabinet positions.
The president has the power to send in U.S. troops but only congress can declare war. Some other executive duties are foreign relations and arranging treaties. The president chooses the department heads, whom Congress must then approve. The cabinet, made up of these department secretaries, advises the president on important matters.
In the US, the department leaders are known as cabinet secretaries and make up the President's cabinet.The US President is responsible for choosing his cabinet members but they must be confirmed by the US Senate before they can take office.
Education is a department in the Presidential Cabinet.
Yes, it is a Cabinet department
New cabinet departments are established when Congress passes legislation creating the department. For example after the 9-11 attacks at President Bush's urging The Department of Homeland Security was formed. It took the Congress less than a year to conceive, draft, and pass the bill authorizing the department - a remarkable accomplishment given the enormity of the task.
Yes, Cabinet departments must be created by Congress. The Secretaries of each Department are appointed by the President but must be confirmed by majority vote of the Senate. Although creation of the Department must be approved by both houses of Congress, the appointment of the Secretaries are approved only by the Senate. The House of Representatives has no role in the confirmation process.Novanet: Attorney General.