United States Secretary of the Treasury

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    was ready to fix the failing economy. The Treasury Department is the second oldest department in the government. Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury inducted under George Washington in 1789. Once in Washington’s cabinet Hamilton proposed a financial system that came under extreme opposition but would ultimately pass and return the fledgling country to prosperity. Alexander Hamilton 's contribution to monetary processes and the United States’ economics outweigh the proposal to remove…

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    Cabinet Departments

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    departments: • The Department of State provided safe keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States. This developed a foreign policy, advance freedom, and create a secure and beneficial world for American people. The head person of the Department of State is Secretary John Kerry. • The Department of the Treasury called revenue, producer money, and formulate economic policies. This department is responsible producing all of the currency and coinage in the United States. The head…

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    Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had to different views on how America should function. In fact Jefferson never planned to work with Hamilton until Washington appointed Jefferson his first secretary of the State and Hamilton the first secretary of the Treasury. Jefferson strongly believed that America can achieve success through its agrarian tradition. Hamilton had an economic plan that involved that promotion of manufactures and commerce. While Hamilton believed in the federal government…

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    protectionism. The United States entanglement in Washington's isolationism, the Truman doctrine, and the Bush era of Interventionism were not without repercussion and have had an impact of our current president's policy issues and will fashion our future…

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    George W. Bush Biography

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    George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States of America who served from 2001 to 2009. He was the son of George Herbert Walker Bush who was the 41st president. Before George W. Bush ran for president he was the two-term Governor of Texas. George W. Bush also graduated from Yale University and Harvard Business School. He also owned the Texas Rangers baseball team. .George W. Bush was the oldest of six children of George H. W. Bush. was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven Connecticut.…

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    Every President of the United States selects a cabinet to assist in running the government. The Cabinet supports the President with expert information regarding the department they have been selected to manage. They are appointed by the President and confirmed by Senate members prior to assuming responsibilities of different departments of the executive branch of government. President Thomas Jefferson had a cabinet that looked very different from the cabinet of President Trump. The members of…

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    The United States Department of the Treasury ceased printing these bills, and any bill larger than $100, in 1945. As a result, only those bills created during the 1934 series remain in existence. Although President Richard Nixon did remove the bills from circulation, they are still considered legal tender and may be used as money. Many want to know who is on the 1000 dollar bill? The first thing one needs to remember when asking who is on the 1000 dollar bill is the Secretary of the Treasury…

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    President's Cabinet

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    opinion other than his own on the situation. There are now fourteen executive departments with secretaries in the cabinet, which is significantly more than the four original members. Presidents in office can also add additional members to their cabinet if they feel that they need more advisers in specific areas (Sidlow). Some of his most important members are his vice president, the Secretary of State, Treasury, and Defense. The president’s cabinet must succeed in order for the president himself…

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    the United States. Washington is the only president to have never lived in the White House. In New York and Philadelphia, the Washington’s occupied many grand houses. Washington shaped the future role and powers of the U.S. office. Washington found the need for a group of presidential advisors all with a certain level of “fitness of character” for the position. Washington held is first cabinet gathering on February 25, 1793 with to be the Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of…

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    1775 to 1783, Washington served two terms as the first United States president. Ordering General Washington, Congress wanted him to take command of the continental Army besieging the British in Boston. Despite having little practical experience in managing large, conventional armies, Washington was still proven…

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