The Office of the PresidentThe Administration and

How it is Organized

White House Staff• Closest advisors to the President

• Typically worked on campaign

• Chief of Staff –Rahm Emanuel • heads EXOP

• Deputy Chiefs of Staff– Jim Messina

– Mona Sutphen

• Political Advisors– David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse

• Press Secretary – daily briefing – “gaggle”– Robert Gibbs

White House Staff• Closest advisors to the President

• Typically worked on campaign

• Chief of Staff –William Daley • heads EXOP

• Deputy Chiefs of Staff– Jim Messina

– Mona Sutphen

• Political Advisors– David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse

• Press Secretary – daily briefing – “gaggle”– Jay Carney

White House Staff• Closest advisors to the President

• Typically worked on campaign

• Chief of Staff – Jacob Lew • heads EXOP

• Deputy Chiefs of Staff– Jim Messina

– Mona Sutphen

• Political Advisors– David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse

• Press Secretary – daily briefing – “gaggle”– Jay Carney

White House Staff

• Lawyers – Counsel

• Speechwriters

• Congressional Liason

• Others

• West Wing & Executive Office Building

• Appt. by President – serve at his pleasure

Executive Office of the President

• Established by FDR in 1939

• Agencies and Councils established by law– 150 + separate organizations– Most report directly to the President– Some are independent within the government

• Appointments confirmed by Senate

Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Executive Office of the President

• NSC – National Security Council

• OMB – Office of Management and Budget

• CEA – Council of Economic Advisors

• CIA – Central Intelligence Agency

• “Drug Czar” – National Drug Control Policy

• EPA – Environmental Protection Administration

• Trade Representative

• Oftentimes given Cabinet Level ranking

Cabinet

• Term coined by journalist during Washington’s first term

• Implied in the Constitution– Article II section 2 mentions “executive Departments”

• Departments set by law

• President appoints top leadership – Senate confirms

Cabinet

• President knows few cabinet members personally• Chosen for a variety of reasons.

– Party Politics– Regionalism– Bipartisanship– Diversity– “in-and-outers”– Interest Groups

Cabinet

• Dept of State• Secretary of State• Relations with other countries• Negotiate Treaties• Hillary Clinton• 67th Sec of State• Who was First?

– Thomas Jefferson

                                                       

Cabinet

• Dept of Defense• Formerly War• Secretary of Defense• Military• Pentagon• Robert M. Gates

• Holdover from GWB

• Leon Panetta – Since June 2011

Cabinet

• Treasury• Secretary of Treasury• Timothy Geithner• Manages finances• IRS, Secret Service

                                                       

Cabinet

• Justice• Attorney General• Eric Holder• Legality & Laws• Investigations – FBI• Prosecutions – DA• Represent U.S. in court

                                                       

Other Cabinet Departments

• Department

• Agriculture

• Interior

• Commerce

• Secretary of

• Tom Vilsack– Designated survivor SOTU 2012

• Ken Salazar

• John E Bryson

Other Cabinet Departments

• Department• Labor• Education• Energy• Transportation• Health & Human Service• Homeland Security• Veterans Affairs• Housing & Urban

Development

• Secretary of• Hilda Solis• Arne Duncan• Steven Chu• Ray LaHood• Kathleen Sebelius• Janet Napolitano• Eric Shinseki• Shaun Donovan

Cabinet Rank members• Vice President Joe Biden

• Chief of Staff Jacob Lew

• OMB Jeffery Zients Office of Management and Budget

• Trade Representative Ronald Kirk

• EPA Lisa Jackson Environmental Protection Agency

• CEA Allen Krueger Council of Economic Advisors

• UN Ambassador Susan Rice