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 |
| community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
| community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
community center
civic center | a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities |
| 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 |
| states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution |
| states' rights | a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states |
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 |
| community biotic community | (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other |
Jemaah Islamiyah
JI
Islamic Group Islamic Community
Malaysian Mujahidin Group
Malaysia Militant Group | a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in and trained by al-Qaeda, supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia |
| community chest | a charity supported by individual subscriptions, defrays the demands on a community for social welfare |
legal profession
bar
legal community | the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction, he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey |
medical profession
medical community | the body of individuals who are qualified to practice medicine |
businessmen
business community | the body of individuals who manage businesses |
| community of scholars | the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees |
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 |
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 |
| States General | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from th to th centuries |
European Union
EU
European Community
EC
European Economic Community
EEC
Common Market
Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
Organization of American States
OAS | an association including most countries in the western hemisphere, created in to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation |
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 |
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 |
| community | a group of people living in a particular local area, the team is drawn from all parts of the community |
| community | a group of nations having common interests, they hoped to join the NATO community |
| speech community | people sharing a given language or dialect |
States' Rights Democratic Party
Dixiecrats | a former political party in the United States, formed in by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman |