Federal Departments in the Presidential Cabinet

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  1. 6. This department protects the American people from a wide range of foreign and domestic threats (two words)
  2. 8. This department's mission is to promote student learning and preparation for college, careers, and citizenship in a global economy by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access to educational opportunity.
  3. 10. This department's mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States
  4. 12. This department oversees federal programs for ensuring a strong American workforce. These programs address job training, safe working conditions, minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, employment discrimination, and unemployment insurance.
  5. 13. Agencies of this department conduct health and social science research, work to prevent disease outbreaks, assure food and drug safety, and provide health insurance (four words)
  6. 15. This department plays the lead role in developing and implementing the President’s foreign policy.
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  1. 1. This department plays a major role in supporting homeownership for low- and moderate-income families through its mortgage insurance and rent subsidy programs (four words)
  2. 2. This department is the government agency tasked with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity
  3. 3. This department is responsible for promoting inclusive economic prosperity for all Americans
  4. 4. This department is the nation’s principal conservation agency.
  5. 5. This department's mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans
  6. 7. This department provides the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country. The department’s headquarters is at the Pentagon.
  7. 9. Organizations within this department include the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration.
  8. 11. This department's main responsibility is to provide benefits such as pension, education, disability compensation, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivor support, medical care, and burial benefits (two words)
  9. 14. In addition to its regular duties, this department also plays an important role in overseas aid programs by providing surplus foods to developing countries