Who may be America's next top cop and who will serve as the country's next top spy?

We're going to tackle that today.

I'm Jenna and this is Smarter News.

This has been another busy news week and there's no slowing down as we head towards

inauguration.

We're really barreling towards

that moment. The reason why I continue to focus on the cabinet, the incoming cabinet, is because

these are the likely leaders of important departments that can really impact our quality of life

over the next several years. So I think it deserves a little bit of time. Before we jump into a look

at the top positions of Attorney General and head of the CIA,

I thought you might find this interesting. You know, the Constitution does not determine the number

of cabinet members. It can sort of be whatever you want it to be. In our modern times,

the cabinet has sat around 16 members, that includes the vice president and the heads of 15

executive departments. And then

10 others have been added with cabinet level positions like the director of national intelligence.

But there's no exact number. There's zero specific qualifications. You don't need a college

degree. You don't need a certain age or background. It's in the constitution that the president

can have these advisors of executive

departments and that the Senate would have a role in confirming them. So there's a little check on

that presidential power, but little else. So that's why I like reminding us that President

George Washington just had four cabinet positions because it hasn't always been this way. In fact,

you can lose cabinet status. And I'm going to tell you more about that

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