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 "The United States Cabinet (usually referred to as the
President's Cabinet or simplified as the Cabinet) is composed of
the most senior appointed officers of the
executive branch of the
federal government of the United States, and its existence
dates back to the first
American
President,
George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four people (Secretary
of State
Thomas Jefferson;
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton;
Secretary of War
Henry Knox; and
Attorney General
Edmund Randolph) to advise and assist him in his duties.
Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and then
presented to the
United States Senate for
confirmation or rejection by a
simple majority. If approved, they are
sworn in and begin their duties. Aside from the Attorney
General, and previously, the
Postmaster General, they all receive the title
Secretary." Source:
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