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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.
Citizendium contains various articles about the United States, including:
Main
United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states [e]
United States dollar: The currency of the United States. [e]
RENAME
Judicial
- U.S. judicial system: The system of United States legal courts, authorized as a separate and co-equal branch of government in Article III of the U.S. Constitution, and specialized first-level administrative law bodies in the Executive Branch [e]
- United States District Courts: the 94 first-level trial courts of the U.S. judicial system, with each state having at least one [e]
- United States Courts of Appeals: 14 second-level appeals courts in the U.S. judicial system [e]
- Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. [e]
Specific appeals courts
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: U.S. appeals court in Richmond for DE, MD, NC, SC, VA, and WV [e]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Intermediate Federal appeals court with jurisdiction over the Western United States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii (U.S. state) and Pacific islands, Idaho, Nevada Oregon and Washington (U.S. state); headquarters in San Francisco [e]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: Second-level appellate court overseeing the U.S. Federal district courts in several of the plains and mountain states [e]
Maritime
United States Maritime Commission: in existence from 1936-1950, an independent executive agency of the United States government, which promoted merchant ship operations [e]- United States Federal Maritime Board: Add brief definition or description
Miscellaneous
- United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam: The combination of all U.S. official organizations in Vietnam; during the Vietnam War, it included the military, as opposed to the separate chains of command in Iraq and Afghanistan [e]
- United States Commission on CIA activities within the United States: Also known as the Rockefeller Commission, a 1975 Presidentially appointed, bipartisan panel to determine if certain Central Intelligence Agency activities, performed in the United States, were improper [e]
Cabinet and cabinet members
- United States cabinet: The most senior committee of the executive branch of the United States government. [e]
- United States Secretary of Agriculture: U.S. Cabinet official responsible for the United States Department of Agriculture [e]
- U.S._Department_of_Commerce: An executive-level department of the United States federal government whose mission is to foster, serve and promote the economic development and technological advancement of the nation. [e]
- United States Secretary of Defense: The civilian official with authority over all personnel of the United States Department of Defense, currently Robert Gates [e]
- Secretary of Education
- United States Secretary of Energy: Cabinet officer who heads the United States Department of Energy, currently Steven Chu [e]
- United States Secretary of Homeland Security: Cabinet officer who heads the United States Department of Homeland Security; currently Janet Napolitano [e]
- Department of Justice - is this the U. S. Attorney General?
- Secretary of the Interior official website
- Secretary of Health and Human Services official website
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development official website
- Secretary of Labor official website
- United States Secretary of State: The senior cabinet officer of the United States, responsible for the conduct of diplomacy, currently Hillary Clinton [e]
- Secretary of Transportation official website
- Secretary of the Treasury official website
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs official website
- Vice President of the United States
Military
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A cabinet-level agency of the U.S. government, responsible for the delivery of services and benefits to veterans of the uniformed services, headed by United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki [e]
- United States Air Force: Branch of the U.S. armed forces responsible for land-based aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles [e]
- United States Army: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- United States Navy: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. [e]
- United States Marine Corps: Branch of the U.S. armed forces serving as elite fighters on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships. [e]
- United States Coast Guard: A uniformed service of the United States, with diverse maritime safety, search and rescue, law enforcement, and military responsibilities [e]
- United States Central Command: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General James Mattis [e]
- United States Military Academy: The undergraduate professional college of the United States Army, at West Point, New York [e]
- United States European Command: U.S. Unified Combatant Command with responsibility for Europe and some nearby areas, such as the Mediterranean Sea; United States Africa Command is a subcommand [e]
- United States Fifth Fleet: Now the United States Navy component of United States Central Command; in WWII, the Pacific Fleet when under the command of ADM Raymond Spruance [e]
- United States Fleet Forces Command: United States Navy command responsible for the domestic training and readiness of naval forces available to the Unified Combatant Commands [e]
- United States Forces-Afghanistan: (USFOR-A) is the senior U.S. military headquarters for the Afghanistan War (2001-) [e]
- United States Forces Korea: The senior U.S. command, primarily the Eighth United States Army and Seventh Air Force is a sub-unified command of United States Pacific Command [e]
More:
- United States Information Agency/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Institute of Peace: A quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization (QUANGO) created by the United States, to serve as a resource in peace operations and conflict resolution [e]
- United States intelligence community: The United States' intelligence agencies coordinated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. [e]
- United States Joint Forces Command: A source of "surge" planners and staff, while helping organize the mission-focused joint task force that will address the specific need of other U.S. Unified Combatant Commands [e]
- United States Lifesaving Service/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Lighthouse Service/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Marine Aviation/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Naval Academy: undergraduate college of the United States Navy, accepting two senator-selected freshmen annually from each U.S. state; located in Annapolis, Maryland. [e]
- United States Pacific Command: The U.S. Unified Combatant Command, headquartered in Hawaii, and responsible for the Pacific and East Asia [e]
- United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges: Atolls and island complexes in the Pacific Ocean, managed as refuges by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of Interior. [e]
- United States Revenue Cutter Service/Definition: Add brief definition or description
- United States Southern Command: U.S. Unified Combatant Command responsible for military operations in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America [e]
- United States Sixth Fleet: Add brief definition or description
- United States Strategic Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Special Operations Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Third Fleet: Add brief definition or description
- United States Transportation Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Veterans Health Administration: Add brief definition or description
- United States v. Lara: Add brief definition or description
- United States v. Lopez: Add brief definition or description