Question:
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and internationally.

Approximately 80% of the USDA's $140 billion budget goes to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) program. The largest component of the FNS budget is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp program), which is the cornerstone of USDA's nutrition assistance.

After the resignation of Tom Vilsack on January 13, 2017, the Secretary of Agriculture is Sonny Perdue.

Many of the programs concerned with the distribution of food and nutrition to people of America and providing nourishment as well as nutrition education to those in need are run and operated under the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Activities in this program include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides healthy food to over 40 million low-income and homeless people each month. USDA is a member of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, where it is committed to working with other agencies to ensure these mainstream benefits are accessed by those experiencing homelessness.
1. What does USDA stand for?
2. What percentage of the USDA budget goes to FNS?
3. What is the USDA also known as?
4. is it responsible for executing federeal laws?
5. relating to what?
6. Whose needs does it try to meet?
7. do they try to maintain the safety of food?
8. Do they try to end hunger in the US?
9. How much is the budget?
10. What is the largest part of the budget?
11. which includes what program?
12. what did that used to be called?
13. who is the sec of agriculture currently?
14. who had that job before?
15. was he fired?
16. when did he resign?
17. do they provide education?
18. How many people are served each month?
19. what council is it a part of?
20. are the recipients wealthy?

Numbered answers:
1. United States Department of Agriculture
2. Approximately 80%
3. the Agriculture Department
4. yes
5. farming, agriculture, forestry, and food
6. farmers and ranchers
7. yes
8. yes
9. $140 billion
10. the FNS program
11. the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
12. the Food Stamp program
13. Sonny Perdue
14. Tom Vilsack
15. no
16. January 13, 2017
17. yes
18. over 40 million
19. the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
20. no

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Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is a domestic security service, CIA has no law enforcement function and is mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering, with only limited domestic collection. Though it is not the only U.S. government agency specializing in HUMINT, CIA serves as the national manager for coordination and deconfliction of HUMINT activities across the entire intelligence community. Moreover, CIA is the only agency authorized by law to carry out and oversee covert action on behalf of the President, unless the President determines that another agency is better suited for carrying out such action. It can, for example, exert foreign political influence through its tactical divisions, such as the Special Activities Division.

The Executive Office also supports the U.S. military by providing it with information it gathers, receiving information from military intelligence organizations, and cooperating on field activities. The Executive Director is in charge of the day to day operation of the CIA, and each branch of the service has its own Director. The Associate Director of military affairs, a senior military officer, manages the relationship between the CIA and the Unified Combatant Commands, who produce regional/operational intelligence and consume national intelligence.
1. What is an example of a domestic security service?
2. What agency does not have any law enforcement?
3. Where do they mostly work?
4. What do they do there?
5. What are they the only group allowed to do?
6. Can the leader have another group do it?
7. What special group can exert foreign political inluence?
8. Who is taking care of the day to day of the CIA?
9. Who manages the relations between the CIA and others?
10. What can they do to foreign politics?

Numbered answers:
1. the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI
2. The CIA
3. mainly focused on overseas
4. ntelligence gathering
5. to carry out and oversee covert action on behalf of the President
6. Yes, if the President determines that another agency is better suited
7. CIA
8. The Executive Director
9. The Associate Director of military affairs
10. exert foreign political influence through its tactical divisions

Question:
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Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors, as well as on nominations from within the United Kingdom. As the Empire evolved into the Commonwealth, nominations continued to come from the Commonwealth realms, in which the monarch remained head of state. These overseas nominations have been discontinued in realms that have established their own Orderssuch as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Meritbut members of the Order are still appointed in the British Overseas Territories.

Any individual made a member of the Order for gallantry could wear an emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge. It could not be awarded posthumously and was effectively replaced in 1974 with the Queen's Gallantry Medal. If recipients of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry received promotion within the Order, whether for gallantry or otherwise, they continued to wear also the insignia of the lower grade with the oak leaves. However, they only used the post-nominal letters of the higher grade.
1. What did the Empire change to?
2. What were appointments based on?
3. Can the United Kingdom make nominations?
4. What were the appointments for?
5. Who was in charge of some states?
6. Which areas was that?
7. Did the Viceroy make nominations?
8. Where is he from?
9. How many leaves were on the emblem?
10. People belonging to what could wear that?
11. Could you become a member after death?
12. What replaced it?
13. When?
14. What happened to overseas nominations in areas with their own orders?
15. Could the still be appointed in the British areas?
16. What was the name of New Zealands group?
17. Did Canada have their own?
18. What about Australia?
19. What about China?
20. What could you get a promotion for?
Numbered answers:
1. the Commonwealth
2. The nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire
3. Yes
4. Order of the British Empire
5. the monarch
6. Overseas
7. yes
8. India
9. Two
10. The Order for gallantry
11. No
12. The Queen's Gallantry Medal
13. 1974
14. They were discontinued
15. Yes
16. Order of Merit
17. yes
18. Yes, they did too
19. No
20. For gallantry or otherwise