Across
- 2. nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations
- 7. group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
- 10. Official representative of a country's government
- 11. pardon to a group of people
Down
- 1. hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications
- 3. an order to delay a person's punishment until a higher court can hear the case
- 4. rewarding peopple with government jobs on the basis of their political support
- 5. person appointed to a federal position by the president
- 6. person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates
- 7. agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation
- 8. declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment
- 9. Group of advisors to the president, including 15 top-level executive departments
