It's Tuesday, April 7, 2006.

I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian

worldview.

History will record that Pam Bondi served as the 87th Attorney General of the United States

of America.

But her term came to an end last week, and it did so rather unceremoniously.

The President of the United States simply said to her, I think it's time.

Those four words basically meant that her tenure was over.

It was a rocky road from the beginning, and a part of it has to do with this particular president, Donald J. Trump, and the Office of Attorney General.

And it's a larger issue when you consider his cabinet. And, of course, we also had a firing last month.

Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome was terminated. But now we're talking about the Attorney General of the United States.

This is one of the

big four. So just looking at our constitutional system, here are a couple of things a lot of

Americans don't often think about. The Attorney General of the United States is part of the

President's cabinet, but the Attorney General is not the Attorney General of the Administration.

The Constitutional Office is Attorney General of the United States. Now, there are four. When you think of the cabinet positions, there are four that are particularly important. The big four are the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, now under this administration, under the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treasury,

and the Attorney General of the United States.

Those are the big four.

There are other members, of course, of the President's Cabinet,

and presidents have some discretion beyond the constitutional seats at the table, so to speak.

Presidents can actually raise some other positions into Cabinet rank, which means that they can meet with the table, so to speak. Presidents can actually raise some other positions into cabinet rank,

which means that they can meet with the cabinet in terms of those sessions with the president.

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