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Which of these is a Cabinet-level position?
AThe Chief Justice
BThe Speaker of the House
CThe Postmaster General
DThe Secretary of Energy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The Secretary of Energy
1. Cabinet-level positions sit in the executive branch and advise the President.
2. Most of them are Secretaries, such as the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Labor.
3. The Attorney General and the Vice President are on the Cabinet list too, even though their names do not begin with Secretary.
4. The Chief Justice leads the judicial branch, so that office is not Cabinet-level.
5. The Speaker of the House leads a part of Congress, which is the legislative branch.
6. Postmaster General was an office Benjamin Franklin once held, but it is not one of the Cabinet-level positions.
_Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 36_
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