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}} | }} The '''Cabinet of the United States''' is the principal official advisory body to the [[president of the United States]]. The Cabinet generally meets with the president in [[Cabinet Room (White House)|a room adjacent to the Oval Office]] in the West Wing of the White House. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The [[vice president of the United States]] serves in the Cabinet by statute. The heads of departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]], are members of the Cabinet, and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] as members of the Cabinet. | ||
The Cabinet does not have any collective executive powers or functions of its own, and no votes need to be taken. There are 26 members: the [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], 15 department heads, and 10 Cabinet-level officials, all except two of whom require [[Advice and consent#United States|Senate confirmation]]. During Cabinet meetings, the members sit in the order in which their respective department was created, with the earliest being closest to the president and the newest farthest away.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cabinet Room—White House Museum|url=http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/west-wing/cabinet-room.htm|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.whitehousemuseum.org}}</ref> | The Cabinet does not have any collective executive powers or functions of its own, and no votes need to be taken. There are 26 members: the [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], 15 department heads, and 10 Cabinet-level officials, all except two of whom require [[Advice and consent#United States|Senate confirmation]]. During Cabinet meetings, the members sit in the order in which their respective department was created, with the earliest being closest to the president and the newest farthest away.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cabinet Room—White House Museum|url=http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/west-wing/cabinet-room.htm|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.whitehousemuseum.org}}</ref> | ||