page_title: United States Cabinet
section_title: Cabinet-level officials
hierarchical_section_title: United States Cabinet / Current cabinet members / Cabinet-level officials
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of Rep. Mark Meadows
context_page_description: The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first American President, who appointed a Cabinet of four people to advise and assist him in his duties.
  Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and then presented to the United States Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority. If approved, they are sworn in and begin their duties. Aside from the Attorney General, and previously, the Postmaster General, they all receive the title Secretary.
context_section_description: The following officials hold positions that are considered to be Cabinet-level positions.  Cabinet-level officials attend Cabinet meetings, but are not official Cabinet Members:
caption: Mark Meadows
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