The Cabinet includes the Vice President and, by law, 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 and Attorney General (Department of Justice). Under President George W. Bush, Cabinet-level rank also has been accorded to the President's Chief of Staff; Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Director, National Drug Control Policy; and the U.S. Trade Representative.

Cabinet

• Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Secretary Mike Johanns
• Department of Commerce (DOC) - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
• Department of Defense (DOD) - Secretary Robert M. Gates
• Department of Education - Secretary Margaret Spellings
• Department of Energy - Secretary Samuel W. Bodman
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Secretary Michael O. Leavitt
• Department of Homeland Security - Secretary Michael Chertoff
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Secretary Alphonso Jackson
• Department of the Interior (DOI) - Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
• Department of Justice (DOJ) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
• Department of Labor (DOL) - Secretary Elaine L. Chao
• Department of State - Secretary Condoleezza Rice
• Department of Transportation (DOT) - Secretary Mary E. Peters
• Department of the Treasury - Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
• Department of Veterans Affairs - Secretary Jim Nicholson

Cabinet Rank Members

• White House - Vice President Richard B. Cheney
• White House - Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten
• National Drug Control Policy - Director John P. Walters
• Office of Management and Budget - Director Rob Portman
• Environmental Protection Agency - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson
• U.S. Trade Representative - Ambassador Susan Schwab