Assignment

5. - The president's role as leader of the United States armed forces.
6. - The Cabinet official who leads the Department of Justice.
7. - A group of executive officials who advise the president.
8. - The title used by most heads of executive departments.
10. - The chamber of Congress over which the vice president serves as president.
12. - The official who takes over the presidency if the president can no longer serve.

1. - A vote the vice president may cast when the Senate is evenly divided.
2. - The length of one presidential term.
3. - The power used by the president to reject a bill passed by Congress.
4. - The head of the executive branch and head of state of the United States.
9. - The Senate process required before many presidential Cabinet nominees can take office.
11. - The number of executive departments whose heads make up the core of the Cabinet.