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| Secretary of State | Department charged with forein affairs, including participating in United Nations, issuing passports, and runing foreign embassies |
| Dept. of the Treasury | Manages nation's finances, responsible for coining and printing of money, and enforces monetary laws |
| Dept. of the Interior | charged with all natural rewources of the nation, scenic and historical regions, National Parks System, Indian affairs, dams, and water power. |
| Dept. of Agriculture | Conducts educational and research plans imed at aiding agriculture; also promotes legislation to help famers, aids farmers with problems |
| Dept. of Justice | Enforces laws of U.S. in federal courts, conducts suits in which U.S. is concerned, is chief legal officer of the federal government. |
| Dept. of Labor | Aids wage earners, enforces labor standards and laws, runs employment bureaus, mediates strikes, and suggests new legisltion promoting worker safety |
| Dept. of Commerce | Promotes all phases of commerce, industry, and business |
| Dept. of Defense | Provides for defense of the U.S., including the operation of the armed forces |
| Dept. of Housing and Urban Development | Seeks solutions to many problems of urban life |
| Dept. of Transportation | Has jurisdiction (oversight) of all methods and use of transportation; promotes safe and efficient travel |
| Dept. of Energy | Charged with establishing an energy policy for the U.S.; encourages conservation of fuel and electricity and researches new energy sources. |
| Dept. of Education | Manages all the federal eduation programs in the nation and oversees educational grants to the states |
| Dept. of Health and Human Services | Oversees health matters and many prorams affecting the quality of American citizens' lives. Agencies include Public Health Service, Social Security, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and many other programs |
| Dept. of Verterans Affairs | Responsible for broad range of problems faced by American veterans from the country's wars and conflicts; spends more than $83 billionn on vetereans each year |
| Dept. of Homeland Security | Added after 9/11 attacks; oversees activities of 230,000 workers from 22 agencies including the Secret Service, border patrol, cybersecurity, and customs services. |
