United States Executive Branch
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Includes
- American Battle Monuments Commission
- Civil Works Administration
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration
- Office of Strategic Services
- United States Armed Forces
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States Department of Commerce
- United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
- United States Department of Justice
- United States Department of Labor
- United States Department of the Interior
- United States Department of Veteran's Affairs
- United States Department of War
- United States Dept of the Treasury
- United States Executive Administrations
- United States Office of War Information
- United States Shipping Board
- US Maritime Commission
The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.
The Cabinet and independent federal agencies are responsible for the day-to-day enforcement and administration of federal laws. These departments and agencies have missions and responsibilities as widely divergent as those of the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, the Social Security Administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Including members of the armed forces, the Executive Branch employs more than 4 million Americans.- US White House