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What is the newest Cabinet department?

Last Updated: 13th June, 2020

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What is the Department of Homeland Security? It's the newest cabinet department, approved by Congress in November 2002. It's designed to consolidate U.S. defenses against terrorist attack and to better coordinate counterterrorism intelligence.

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In this way, what is the most recent Cabinet department?

Department of Homeland Security

Likewise, what is the largest Cabinet department? With more than 240,000 employees, DHS is the third largest Cabinet department, after the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Homeland security policy is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council.

Likewise, people ask, what are the 15 cabinet departments in order?

The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 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

What are the 15 Cabinet departments Trump?

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  • 6.1 Secretary of State. 6.1.1 Rex Tillerson.
  • 6.2 Secretary of the Treasury. 6.2.1 Steve Mnuchin.
  • 6.3 Secretary of Defense. 6.3.1 Jim Mattis.
  • 6.4 Attorney General. 6.4.1 Dana Boente and Sally Yates.
  • 6.5 Secretary of the Interior.
  • 6.6 Secretary of Agriculture.
  • 6.7 Secretary of Commerce.
  • 6.8 Secretary of Labor.

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  • U.S. Department of Labor.
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  • U.S. Department of the Interior.
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Is the FBI part of homeland security?

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