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The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana (Spanish: Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América, La Habana) is the United States of America's diplomatic mission in Cuba. On January 3, 1961, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower severed relations following the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. [1]
A department for domestic concern was first considered by the 1st United States Congress in 1789, but those duties were placed in the Department of State.The idea of a separate domestic department continued to percolate for a half-century and was supported by presidents from James Madison to James Polk.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE; / aɪ s /) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Created by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003 following the September 11th attacks, ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [3] is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system.
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising the five U.S. armed services, the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, the Coast Guard for some purposes, and related functions and agencies.
The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in the United States. The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy , whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber.
The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2023 ran from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. The government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. The final funding package was passed as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
Alternative civilian service, also called alternative services, civilian service, non-military service, and substitute service, is a form of national service performed in lieu of military conscription for various reasons, such as conscientious objection, inadequate health, or political reasons.