Civics 101

Who's running the country? (Part 2)


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Meet your president's Cabinet! Who was appointed, by what margin, and a look at the backgrounds of the people filling these critical roles.

In other words, who is running our country? Let's find out. 

This is the second part of a two-part episode. 

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