Executive Branch Review

Presidential action forgiving someone convicted of a federal crime.

• pardon

• reprieve

• commutation

• diplomacy

Highest Ranking Officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.. that advise the President on military matters

• ambassadors

• consuls

• Joint chiefs of Staff

• secretaries

Agencies, departments, and all of the people who work for the executive branch of government

• regulatory commissions

• independent agencies

• executive departments

• bureaucracy

Formal documents that allow US citizens to travel abroad

• visas

• passports

• permits

• licenses

Term for the order in which the office of the President is filled should it become vacant

• Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Presidential Succesions

• War Powers Act

• Foreign Policy

Congressional limitation on the President's military powers

• Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Presidential Succession

• War Powers Act

• Foreign Policy

Written agreements between nations

• visas

• contracts

• treaties

• diplomacy

A nation's plan for dealing with other nations of the world

• diplomacy

• foreign policy

• visas

• War Powers Act

Highest ranking government officials who represent the United States abroad

• consuls

• bureaucrats

• diplomats

• ambassadors

Head of the Department of Justice

• Secretary of Justice

• ambassador

• Attorney General

• consul