The Executive Office of the President Is a Large Bureaucracy

question 54

Multiple Choice

The Executive Office of the President is a large bureaucracy of currently more than 2,000 employees who work for the president to carry out management and administrative functions. The head of this bureaucracy and a very close advisor to the president is the

• A) Vice President of the United States.
• B) Speaker of the House.
• C) White House chief of staff.
• D) Attorney General.
• E) National Party Chairman.

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