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  2. Article Two of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the President of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the President, and establishes the President's powers and responsibilities.

  3. Officer of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [6] The officer's authority to command the forces of the U.S. draws its legitimacy from the president himself as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States"; the president cannot reasonably be expected to command every soldier, or any soldier, in the field and so delegates his authority to command to officers he commissions. [3]

  4. J. Edgar Hoover - Wikipedia

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    Dickerson Naylor Hoover. Hoover was born on New Year's Day 1895 in Washington, D.C., to German American Anna Marie (née Scheitlin; 1860–1938) and Dickerson Naylor Hoover (1856–1921), chief of the printing division of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, formerly a plate maker for the same organization. [8]

  5. Democracy - Wikipedia

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    This creates a hybrid form of government, with a local direct democracy and a representative state government. For example, most Vermont towns hold annual town meetings in March in which town officers are elected, budgets for the town and schools are voted on, and citizens have the opportunity to speak and be heard on political matters. [200]

  6. Jus soli - Wikipedia

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    Jus soli (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s oʊ l aɪ / juss SOH-ly [use this group 1] or / j uː s ˈ s oʊ l i / yooss SOH-lee, [1] Latin: [juːs ˈsɔliː]), meaning 'right of soil', is the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship.

  7. World Health Organization - Wikipedia

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    1977 and 1978: The first list of essential medicines was drawn up, [31]: 17 and a year later the ambitious goal of "Health For All" was declared. [31]: 18 Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Programme read the news that smallpox had been globally eradicated, 1980. 1986: The WHO began its global programme on HIV/AIDS.

  8. Second Vatican Council - Wikipedia

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    A notable speech was given by archbishop Pellegrino of Turin: he called for greater freedom of research in the Church and a less punitive attitude by Church authorities – he was thinking here especially of the Holy Office, headed by Cardinal Ottaviani – towards thinkers who choose to pursue new issues in theology. [165]