Obama's Cabinet

The US Cabinet was established in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution.  The role of the Cabinet is advisory in capacity regarding informing President Obama on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each member’s respective office.

The Cabinet is made up of  the Vice President as well as the heads of fifteen executive departments.

The Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.

In order of succession to the Presidency:

Vice President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden

Department of State
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton

http://www.state.gov

Department of the Treasury
Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

http://www.treasury.gov

Department of Defense
Secretary Robert M. Gates

http://www.defenselink.mil

Department of Justice
Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

http://www.usdoj.gov

Department of the Interior
Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar

http://www.doi.gov

Department of Agriculture
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack

http://www.usda.gov

Department of Commerce
Secretary Gary F. Locke

http://www.commerce.gov

Department of Labor
Secretary Hilda L. Solis

http://www.dol.gov

Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

http://www.hhs.gov

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan

http://www.hud.gov

Department of Transportation
Secretary Raymond L. LaHood

http://www.dot.gov

Department of Energy
Secretary Steven Chu

http://www.energy.gov

Department of Education
Secretary Arne Duncan

http://www.ed.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki

http://www.va.gov

Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Janet A. Napolitano

http://www.dhs.gov

The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:

Council of Economic Advisers
Chair Christina Romer

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/

Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson

http://www.epa.gov

Office of Management & Budget
Director Peter R. Orszag

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb

United States Trade Representative
Ambassador Ronald Kirk

http://www.ustr.gov

United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Ambassador Susan Rice

http://www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov/

White House Chief of Staff
Rahm I. Emanuel