The Secretary of State The Secretary of State The Secretary of State Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau of Intelligence and Research Bureau of Legislative Affairs Counselor of the Department Executive Secretariat Office of the Chief of Protocol Office of Civil Rights Office of Divers...
legislation,statute law- law enacted by a legislative body executive department- a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States BJA,Bureau of Justice Assistance- the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or pre...
majority of seats in Parliament. The president, who is chief of state, previously exercised only ceremonial duties. As a result of 1991 constitutional changes, the president is now elected and exercises expanded powers over legislative appointments, government budgetary affairs, and internal security ...
Branches:Executive--President (chief of state); Prime Minister (head of government).Legislative--unicameral National Assembly.Judicial--Supreme Court and appellate courts; Constitutional Court. Subdivisions: Nine provinces, seven administratively separate cities (Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daegu, Gwangju, Daej...
Although every state has some defense activities, the central headquarters of the DOD is in northern Virginia at the Pentagon, the "world's largest office building." The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.A. § 401) created the National Military Establishment, which replaced the War ...
president as supreme. Even when granting power to the secretary of state, it has always been under-stood that he or she "shall act under the direction of the President." Such direction has wandered from giving State considerable room to those who have wanted State out of foreign affairs. ...
For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet web site at http://www.travel.state.gov, where the currentWorldwide Caution,Public Announcements, andTravel Warningscan be found.Consular Affairs...
台湾事物办公室Taiwan Affairs Office 法制办公室Office of Legislative Affairs : 经济体制改革办公室Office for Economic Restructuring 国务院研究室Research Office of the State Council 新闻办公室Information Office : 国务院直属机构 (3)国务院直属机构Departments Directly under the State Council 海关总署General Admini...
1789, creating the Department of Foreign Affairs as the first federal agency created under the newConstitution. A law enacted on September 15, 1789, changed the name of the agency to the Department of State and assigned it oversight of a variety ofdomestic, rather...