Presidency

3. a system by which appointments and promotions in the civil service are based on competence rather than political favoritism.
5. According to the United States Office of Government Ethics, a political appointee is "any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head".
7. Economic sanctions may include various forms of trade barriers, tariffs, and restrictions on financial transactions.
9. is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government
11. the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
13. As defined in this report, a government corporation is a government agency that is established by Congress to provide a market-oriented public service and to produce revenues that meet or approximate its expenditures.
15. the process we use to elect the U.S. president Established in the U.S. Constitution.
19. an international agreement, usually regarding routine administrative matters not warranting a formal treaty, made by the executive branch of the US government without ratification by the Senate.
22. Federal Bureaucracy is the unelected, administrative body in the Executive Branch.

1. a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
2. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
4. These agencies are not represented in the cabinet and are not part of the Executive Office of the president.
6. an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.
8. a person employed in the public sector by a government department or agency for public sector undertakings
10. The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.
12. the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense.
14. a person qualified to vote in an election.
16. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
17. cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
18. a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
20. a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.
21. a cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying articles.