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Barack Obama and his cabinet U.S. Pres. Barack Obama meeting with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House, 2009.

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cabinet, in political systems, a body of advisers to a head of state who also serve as the heads of government departments. The cabinet has become an important element of government wherever legislative powers have been vested in a parliament, but its form differs markedly in various countries, the two most striking examples being the United Kingdom and the United States. The cabinet system of government originated in Great Britain. The cabinet developed from the...

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