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• n  a department of the federal government of the United States

• federal department
• department of the federal government

News & Articles

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• Supreme Court agrees to decide recess appointments issue
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the Obama administration and decide whether the President may make temporary “recess appointments” to federal offices when the Senate takes a short break during the year.        
  June 24, 2013 - Chicago Tribune