R. Gordon Hoxie, in Presi-dential Studies Quarterly (Spring 1984),
Cabinet Government Center for the Study of the Presidency, 208 East 75th St., ~ew
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Nearly every U.S. president solemnly promises at the beginning of his first term that he will rely heavily on his cabinet. Yet the U.S. Constitu- tion makes no mention of a cabinet; the institution has varied in func- tion and importance according to the desires of each chief executive.
After his inauguration in April 1789, George...