Jul 17, 12 · It's a potent image of the United States government at work The president, vice president, and the secretaries of each and every major federal department seated around the same mahogany table, forging solutions to the most critical matters facing the nation and the worldThis is the Cabinet, the collective seat of executive power and the engine of the American president'sThe Cabinet explores the origins of an American Institution created during the fluid time of George Washington's first administration The Constitution Convention's discussions of a formal cabinet, like the British maintained, were rejected out of memories of the too recent Revolutionary War and suspicions of British institutionsAug 29, 13 · In Canada's parliamentary system of government, the cabinet is the committee of ministers that holds executive power Cabinets are chaired by the prime minister (or in the provinces, by the premier) Ministers are typically elected politicians drawn fro...
