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Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara in Cabinet Room meeting February 1968
USCIS Civics · Question 46 of 128

The executive branch has many parts. Name one.

Official Answer

President (of the United States)

Also accepted: Cabinet · Federal departments and agencies

In plain English

One part of the executive branch is the president. The executive branch also includes the Cabinet and the federal departments and agencies — like the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security. These parts work together to enforce the laws. One part of the executive branch is the president.

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Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara in Cabinet Room meeting February 1968
Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara in Cabinet Room meeting February 1968Yoichi Okamoto, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: Dean Rusk, Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert McNamara in Cabinet Room meeting February 1968 — Yoichi Okamoto, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Answers verbatim from USCIS M-1778 (09/25)