Who wants a cabinet position?
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George I thought that we had already discussed this! You had said that the head of FEMA was going to be Courtney Love. You thought that was a great idea when we were have cocktails over at Rove's house. Man you have got a mind like a sieve. You were doing a shot out of Condi's bellybutton and we were all listening to Nirvana "Smells like teen spirit". You came up with it! You were so trashed! You kept prank calling the president of France. You asked him if his fridge was running. You are a knuckle head. O J Simpson was who we were thinking about Chief Justice. Your thought was "I like that guy who played football that got a way with murder?" Is it coming back to you?
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Probably they are, but let's still stick by our convictions and see if the new government will listen to what the majority of the people want.  They do need to work hard to gain more support before the 2008 elections.  Hopefully, they will listen to those who employ them.
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Not necessarily because those positions are often subordinate to a higher, elected official. It is imperative that these assistants cooperate with the elected official because otherwise, the administrative team will not be productive at all. Anyways, the elected official already represents the interests of the people and can pass his voted-for policies to the secretaries and attorney general.
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In as much as the incumbent President (Olusegun Obasanjo) would want to be, the "Political Clouds" is still unclear as to whom the next President would be.\nThe present constitution does not allow the incumbent to run for a third term.\nThe present Vice-president Atiku Abubakar is interested in the position, another former president(Ibrahim Babangida)is also warming up.A present south-eastern governor(Orji Uzor Kalu)& Pastor Chris Okotie are some other contenders.\nWithin the next few months the Political cloud would be clear.
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Both can be elected or appointed.
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A president is meant to be a leader and good decision maker.  There is nobody in America who is well rounded enough to not need a Cabinet.  Cabinet members are experts in their respective fields.
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i dont really see any difference between that and ppl taking money from enron, haliburton, and all the other companies that are in bed with the republican side of things. the current cabinet has more ties to the business world than one can count. i'd rather see the groups dealing with the government you've listed than the flock of men who've been found to screw over the masses with illegal business practices, and oil barons and guys who did business with Saddam (like Dick Cheney).\n\nnot that i think any of it is right. its all fairly reprehensible, but overall, you need to pick the lesser of evils. basically deciding in you want someone that sucks or blows, and who's gonna screw you the least.\n\ni'm an independent, but i'm more on the moderate side of the democrats lately. there are much better republicans out there than the ones in office now. and the things i dont like about democrats are that they tend to be too soft about things, i dont agree with their views on gun control, criminal punishment, etc. \n\nand before you judge them as socialists, or "tax and spend" dems, look at how much bush's regime has spent, and ask who's going to pay for that? especially being that all of his tax cuts favor ppl that make over $200,000 a year.
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The President has a right to chose whoever he wants as a member in his cabinet.\n\nYour elected official is your voice, so to speak. Congress has to approve the replacement. They will bring him in & question him, just as they do the Supreme Court Justices, and make their decisions from there.\n\nAnytime that you do not approve of your Senators or Representatives in Congress, in your state, contact them & voice your complaint. I do it all the time & everyone should take it upon themselves to be more active in voicing their opinions to their state representatives. When our elected officials figure it out that "someone" is watching every action they take, maybe they will be more apt to listen to us BEFORE we vote them out of office.  Ya think?\n\nIn Iowa, I go to Iowa Congress. There you will find their email address, add it to your list of "favorites" & email them often. Try it....you'll like it. Kind of makes you feel like your voice counts. Because it does!!
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Gender of the PM want please...
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The Constitution provides that the president may require the opinions of the heads of the various executive departments. Early on Washington persuaded congress to create the Departments of Foreign Affairs, War, and Treasury, and the heads of these became the first cabinet. Over time more and more executive departments have been created and the opinions of the heads of the departments have become more important in the running of the government.
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The Next President\nMurray Wesson does some speculation on the question of who Thabo Mbeki will appoint as his deputy president. It’s an interesting question because whoever gets the job will almost certainly be South Africa’s next president after Mbeki completes his second term.\n\nMurray argues that you can eliminate three of the top five candidates for various reasons (health, scandals, etc.), leaving Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Trevor Manuel. And that between them, Dlamini-Zuma is the more likely candidate. Perhaps, but my sources (oh, the joys of living in Pretoria) tell me that she may not want the job. That doesn’t mean she won’t accept it though! When the president phones you up to tell you that he wants you to be his successor, it’s a rare person who replies “sorry, I’ve got other plans”.\n\nThat said, I think Murray may be making a mistake in his analysis by dismissing Jacob Zuma. Before the election, I also figured that Mbeki would consider him a liability and use the cabinet reshuffle as an opportunity to appoint someone else. But if Mbeki was really planning to ditch Zuma, the most logical place to send him would be the premiership of KZN, not some cabinet post. My prediction is that Jacob Zuma stays on as deputy president.
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Executive Branch.  \n\nThe cabinet is part of the executive branch.
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cabinet\ncabinet, group of advisers to the head of the state who themselves are usually the heads of the administrative government departments. The nature of the cabinet differs widely in various countries. In Great Britain, where the cabinet system originated, it was at first a committee of the privy council and rose to its modern status only after the sovereignty of Parliament had been established by the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the gradual emergence of party government in the 18th cent. The British cabinet is a body of ministers drawn from the party that possesses a majority in the House of Commons; it is responsible to the Commons for the conduct of the administration. The cabinet is chosen by the prime minister, who is guided by the necessity of choosing a group that will represent the disparate elements in his party. The defeat in the Commons of an important ministerial measure or a general election adverse to the government results in the fall of the cabinet. In continental European countries, where the two-party system is not the rule, the coalition cabinet is more common. Cabinet members need not be selected from the majority party nor necessarily from the legislature, and they may speak in either house of the legislature.\n\nThe U.S. cabinet was not specifically established by the Constitution; it evolved through custom and is now defined by statute law. The members of the cabinet are not members of either house of Congress and are responsible, individually and not as a body, to the president, who appoints them with the approval of the Senate and may remove them at will. The cabinet member may not address Congress but may be called as a witness before congressional committees. As an advisory body, the U.S. cabinet is generally a weak institution and is often overshadowed by a strong president and his staff. The first cabinet appointments (1789) were the secretaries of State, the Treasury, and War. Since then the size and composition of the cabinet has varied considerably. Presently the 15 executive departments whose heads sit in the cabinet are the departments of State; the Treasury; Defense; Justice; the Interior; Agriculture; Commerce; Labor; Health and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Transportation; Energy; Education; Veterans Affairs; and Homeland Security.
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lesser of two evils. It would help if better candiates actually ran for office. But unfortunately you have to be a compulsive liar to get the job.
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Technically, his role is the same as any other former PM. His party and cabinet have allowed him to operate more like a president out of self interest. The party have the power to get rid of a sitting PM. The PM shouldn't make unilateral decisions, that is why we have a cabinet. The PM is meant to provide leadership and represent the government abroad, but he doesn't hold unfettered right to do as he pleases.
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Not in this time and era. I would like just one person to be for the people that was elected by the people. Great leadership is non existent in today's America. All I have left to do is pick by party, and pick the lesser of the two evils. Good question.
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We have a new government and besides of some playing major roles nobody really knows the names of our new  ministers:\nIt's a coalition formed by the two biggest political parties (social democrats and christian democrats) leaving the smaller ones in  an opposing role (communists, the Green Party and conservative liberal)\nOur former president Johannes RAU died after a serious illness.\n so a lot of things  are changing right now - we have to wait for the results...