One of the most important roles of the Chief Executive position is the ability to issue executive orders that are within the president's scope of power. An important example of an executive order issued by President Carter was Executive Order 11803 in 1977. This order was to review the cases of people who had avoided military service under the draft, especially as it related to the Vietnam War. Under his Chief Executive powers, the president also proposes a spending and taxation plan to the United States Congress. President Carter's budgets gradually reduced military spending in favor of other domestic programs. President Carter proposed tax policies to promote energy conservation. And finally, the Chief Executive has the duty of appointing the cabinet that operates the executive branch departments of the United States government. Below is a list of the people that President Jimmy Carter selected to carry out the foreign and domestic policies of his administration, which included initiatives to bring peace to the middle east, and energy conservation at home.
Secretary of State
Jan. 23, 1977-Apr. 20, 1980 Cyrus R. Vance
May 8, 1980-Jan. 20, 1981 Edmund S. Muskie
Secretary of the Treasury
Jan. 23, 1977-Jul. 19, 1979 W. Michael Blumenthal
Aug. 6, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 G. William Miller
Secretary of Defense
Jan. 21, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 Harold Brown
Attorney General
Jan. 26, 1977-Jul. 19, 1979 Griffin B. Bell
Aug. 16, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Benjamin R. Civiletti
Secretary of the Interior
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 Cecil D. Andrus
Secretary of Agriculture
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 Bob S. Bergland
Secretary of Commerce
Jan. 23, 1977-Oct. 4, 1979 Juanita Morris Kreps
Jan. 9, 1980-Jan. 20, 1981 Philip Klutznic
Secretary of Labor
Jan. 27, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 Ray Marshall
Secretary of Health, Education and Labor
Jan. 25, 1977-Jul 19, 1979 Josepha A. Califano, Jr.
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Aug. 3, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Patricia Roberts Harris
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Jan. 23, 1977-Aug. 3, 1979 Patricia Roberts Harris
Sep. 24, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Moon Landrieu
Secretary of Transportation
Jan. 23, 1977-Jul. 20, 1979 Brock Adams
Sep. 24, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Neil Goldschmidt
Secretary of Energy
Aug. 5, 1977-Jul. 20, 1979 James R. Schlesinger
Aug. 24, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Charles W. Duncan, Jr.
Secretary of Education
Dec. 6, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Shirley Mount Hufstedler
U. S. Representative to the United Nations
Jan. 30, 1977-Aug. 15, 1979 Andrew J. Young
Sep. 23, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981 Donald F. McHenry
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Jan. 23, 1977-Sep 21, 1977 Thomas Bertram ("Bert") Lance
Mar. 24, 1978-Jan.20, 1981 James T. McIntyre, Jr.
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 Charles L. Schultze
Advisor to the President on National Security Affairs
Jan. 23, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 Zbigniew Brzezinski
