The Office of the President The Administration and How it is Organized.

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