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to advance the president's agenda on the environment, natural resources, and energy. The United States Congress established the CEQ within the Executive

subsequent hearings. The Richard Nixon administration made the environment a policy priority in 1969-1971 and created two new agencies, the Council on Environmental

or to the associate attorney general (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax Divisions and the Office

legislation (including the 1970 Clean Air Act and 1972 Clean Water Act). The public outrage in reaction to the Santa Barbara oil spill in early 1969 occurred just

organization with the word "environment" in its title, ESSA was the first such organization chartered to study the global natural environment as whole, bringing

general in the discharge of their responsibilities. The secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of defense, and the attorney general

history is inseparable from the larger story of the growth and maturation of American society in the 20th century. In the early 1900s, Americans struggled

from the Nixon administration's involvement in Watergate eroded his support in Congress and the country. The scandal began with a break-in at the Democratic

put out the fire in the glovebox. After putting out the original source, there was an explosion in the ventilation system. The fire burned the filters

Toxicology Program. The deputy director is Dr. Trevor Archer. The director of the NIEHS reports to the director of the NIH, of which the NIEHS is a member

imprisoned for up to five years in the federal penitentiary in Albany, New York. The result was a dramatic decrease in violence in the South. Akerman gave credit

The under secretary of state for political affairs is currently the fourth-ranking position in the United States Department of State, after the secretary

federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 11 transit projects. The awardees

Department of Transportation. The FHWA took over the functions of the Bureau of Public Roads the following year. The FHWA's role in the Federal-aid Highway Program

(AAG-CR; appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate). In 2021, Kristen Clarke became the first woman confirmed to the position. Assistant Attorney

The United States deputy attorney general is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day

Clanton in the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. In 1894, U.S. Marshals helped suppress the Pullman Strike. During the 19th century

federal employees. Led by the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, the Division's litigation reflects the diversity of government

eventually used in compact discs and digital video discs, while a Senior Scientist at PNL in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1969, NASA chose PNL to measure the concentration

grasslands are managed by the United States Forest Service. The safety of food produced and sold in the United States is ensured by the United States Food Safety