Over the course of August in Saint Petersburg, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 2 hours, 35 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 5 minutes, 10 seconds, and weekly decrease of 36 minutes, 12 seconds.
The executive branch of our Government is in charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed. The President of the United States is the head of the executive branch. The President gets help from the Vice President, department heads (called Cabinet members), and heads of independent agencies. Here are some of the things those people do: 1  The President leads the country and commands the military.
The United States federal executive departments are the primary units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but, with the United States being a presidential system, led by a head of government separate from the head of state.