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The most recent addition to the Cabinet in 2006 is the Secretary of Homeland Security, whose job it is to keep Americans safe.
2006年新加了一位國土安全部長，他的職責是維護美國人民的安全。
The Constitution (or the country's most important legal document) does not say how large the Cabinet should be, so Congress can add or remove members as the country's needs change.
憲法（國家最重要的法律文件）沒有規定內閣的規模，因此國會可以根據國家的需要增減內閣成員。
Cabinet members are appointed to their positions.
內閣成員都是被任命的。
This means that they are first nominated by the president (or the president gives the members' name to Congress) and then they must be confirmed (or approved) or rejected by the Senate.
也就是說，先由總統提名（或總統把內閣成員的名字交給國會），然后由參議院決定是否通過。
Almost anyone can become a Cabinet member.
幾乎任何人都能成為內閣成員。
The only restriction or limitation is that Cabinet members are not allowed to be Senators,
唯一的限制就是內閣成員不可以同時兼任參議員、
Representatives, or governors simultaneously (or at the same time) while they are serving (or working) in the Cabinet.
眾議員或政府官員。
The Cabinet members are in the line of succession (or the plan for who will become president if something happens to him or her).
內閣成員被列入總統繼任（或如果總統發生意外誰將成為總統的方案）名單里。
After the president come the vice-president, the speaker of the House, and the president of the Senate, and then the secretary of state and other members of the Cabinet, in the order of their ranking (or importance).
根據他們的地位（或重要性），繼任順序是總統、副總統、眾議院議長、參議院臨時議長、國務卿及各內閣成員。
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