President of the United States President Chief Executive | the office of the United States head of state, a President is elected every four years |
Attorney General Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
National Library of Medicine United States National Library of Medicine U.S. National Library of Medicine | the world's largest medical library |
United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory USACIL | a defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command, the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence |
United States Mint U.S. Mint US Mint | the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks, processes gold and silver bullion |
United States Constitution U.S. Constitution US Constitution Constitution Constitution of the United States | the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states |
United States Code U. S. Code | a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives |
Lautaro Youth Movement Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces | a violent terrorist group organized in the s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government, leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths |
Revolutionary United Front RUF | a terrorist group formed in the s in Sierra Leone, seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions, responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities, sponsored by the president of Liberia |
United Self-Defense Force of Colombia United Self-Defense Group of Colombia Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia AUC | a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups, is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members, the AUC conducted over assassinations in one year |
British Commonwealth Commonwealth of Nations | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown |
United Church of Christ | merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in |
Evangelical United Brethren Church | a Methodist denomination |
United Methodist Church | union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church |
United States Postal Service US Postal Service USPS | an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States |
United States Postal Inspection Service US Postal Inspection Service | the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service |
United States Trade Representative US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
Department of Defense Defense Department United States Department of Defense Defense DoD | the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States, created in |
United States Public Health Service PHS | an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General, includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health |
United States Border Patrol US Border Patrol | the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States |
Department of State United States Department of State State Department State DoS | the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies, the Department of State was created in |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service US Fish and Wildlife Service FWS | an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats, assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution |
Department of the Treasury Treasury Department Treasury United States Treasury | the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances, the Treasury Department was created in |
United States Marshals Service US Marshals Service Marshals | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system |
United States Post Office US Post Office Post Office PO | an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States |
Shakers United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |
United States Senate U.S. Senate US Senate Senate | the upper house of the United States Congress |
Congress United States Congress U.S. Congress US Congress | the legislature of the United States government |
United States House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives US House of Representatives House of Representatives U.S. House US House | the lower legislative house of the United States Congress |
Government Accounting Office GAO United States Government Accounting Office | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States |
United States Navy US Navy USN Navy | the navy of the United States of America, the agency that maintains and trains and equips combateady naval forces |
United States Coast Guard U. S. Coast Guard US Coast Guard | an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce |
United States Marine Corps United States Marines Marine Corps US Marine Corps USMC | an amphibious division of the United States Navy |
United States Naval Academy US Naval Academy | a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Navy |
United States Air Force Academy US Air Force Academy | a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force |
League of Nations | an international organization formed into promote cooperation and peace among nations, although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless, it was dissolved in after the United Nations was formed |
United States Air Force U. S. Air Force US Air Force Air Force USAF | the airforce of the United States of America, the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space |
Special Forces U. S. Army Special Forces United States Army Special Forces | a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting |
United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
United Nations UN | an organization of independent states formed in to promote international peace and security |
United Nations Secretariat | the administrative arm of the United Nations |
United Nations agency UN agency | an agency of the United Nations |
United Nations Children's Fund United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO | the United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO | an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts |
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention DCCP | an agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
Iroquois League League of Iroquois Five Nations Six Nations | a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations), after they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations) |