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Across 4. Cabinet members can be fired by the ______. 6. The cabinet is viewed as a part of the president's ______ family. 7. Cabinet members can also be impeached or removed from office by ______. 10. Current Secretary of Homeland Security 11. George Washington's Secretary of State 12. Lyndon Johnson named hte first African American department secretary ____________. 17. It is important that appointees have high-level ______ skills and experience. 19. George Washington's Secretary of the Treasury 20. The Cabinet is also important in the presidential line of _______. 21. George Washington's Secretary of War 22. The secretary of ______ is usually from a farm state. 23. The term "Cabinet" does not appear in the U.S. _______. 24. The cabinet is intended to serve as an ______ body to the president.

Down 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first ______ to the cabinet. 2. In recent years the __________ has risen to a high level of significance. 3. In recent years, the Cabinet has generally ______ in relevance as a policy making body. 5. Since President ______, every president's cabinet has included women and African Americans. 8. Cabinet members are rarely _______. 9. Current Secretary of State 13. Cabinet _______ earn $151,800 per year. 14. The _______ chooses the fifteen Cabinet Secretaries. 15. The selection of a president's cabinet is largely a ______ process. 16. Most cabinet members are leaders in the field of ______, industry, law, science, and education. 18. President _______ had never met his secretary of defense and secretary of treasury before he appointed them. 20. The ______ usually cooperates in the appointment process of Cabinet members.