Heads of the departments that make up the President's Cabinet are called Secretaries. For example the Department of Labor is headed by the Secretary of Labor, and the Department of Defense is headed by the Secretary of Defense (also abbreviated as SECDEF).
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The department heads, known as secretaries make up the President's cabinet.
The following make up the Executive Branch: The President, Vice President, Departments and the Department Heads (known as the Cabinet and the Secretaries of each department), various independent agencies that help carry out policy. The President also gets to select his own staff who usually live in the West Wing of the White House. These are people who are not required to be confirmed by the Senate and may have different names in each administration--Chief of Staff, Chief Counselor to the President, etc.
This Branch administers and carries out the laws passed by the Legislative Branch. It is headed by the President. The executive branch basically makes sure the laws that the Legislative branch makes are followed. In other words, they carry out laws made by the Legislative branch. Except for Congress and the Federal Courts, practically ever activity of federal government is carried out by the executive branch.
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In the United States of America, the federal government is separated into three branches. They are known as the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial branches. The Legislative branch is comprised of The House of Representatives and The Senate. The Executive branch includes The President and Vice President. The Judicial branch is the system of federal courts.