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Terms for subject United States (7766 entries)

chief of mission	The principal officer (the ambassador) in charge of a diplomatic facility of the United States, including any individual assigned to be temporarily in charge of such a facility. The chief of mission is the personal representative of the President to the country of accreditation. The chief of mission is responsible for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all US Government executive branch employees in that country (except those under the command of a US area military commander) The security of the diplomatic post is the chief of mission’s direct responsibility
Chief Of Overt Operations	COO
chief of staff	The senior or principal member or head of a staff who acts as the controlling member of a staff for purposes of the coordination of its work or to exercise command in another’s name
chief of station	The senior United States intelligence officer in a foreign country and the direct representative of the Director National Intelligence, to whom the officer reports through the Director Central Intelligence Agency. Usually the senior representative of the Central Intelligence Agency assigned to a US mission
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section	CEOS
Children Ever Born	CEB
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998	OPA
chips	crisps	Bobrov­ska
chk	check
Christian Defense Coalition	CDC
Christianity Democracy And Capitalism	CDC
CIA World Fact Book	WFB
Cigarette Smoking Strictly Prohibited	CSSP
Cisco Certified Network Administrator	CCNA
cit	citation
cit	citation
City WithHolding Tax	CWH
civil administration	An administration established by a foreign government in (1) friendly territory, under an agreement with the government of the area concerned, to exercise certain authority normally the function of the local government; or (2) hostile territory, occupied by United States forces, where a foreign government exercises executive, legislative, and judicial authority until an indigenous civil government can be established
civil affairs	Designated Active and Reserve Component forces and units organized, trained, and equipped specifically to conduct civil affairs operations and to support civil-military operations
civil affairs operations	Actions planned, executed, and assessed by civil affairs forces that enhance awareness of and manage the interaction with the civil component of the operational environment; identify and mitigate underlying causes of instability within civil society; or involve the application of functional specialty skills normally the responsibility of civil government