US Government Acronyms: V

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VA	Department of Veterans Affairs
VABCA	Department of Veterans Affairs' Board of Contract Appeals (absorbed into CBCA)
VAERS	Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
VAWO	Office on Violence Against Women
VBA	Veterans Benefits Administration
VCI	Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
VEF	Vietnam Education Foundation
VETS	Veterans' Employment and Training Service
VGLI	Veterans' Group Life Insurance
VHA	Veterans Health Administration
VICAP	Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
VIS	Vaccine Information Statements
VISTA	Volunteers in Service to America
VOA	Voice of America
VPOTUS	Vice President of the United States
VWP	Visa Waiver Program

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Government Acronyms Part 1: "Letter A"

AAA	Archives of American Art
AAD	Access to Archival Databases
AAPC	Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
AAS	Office of Airport Safety and Standards
ABMC	American Battle Monuments Commission
ABPP	American Battlefield Protection Program
ACC	Air Combat Command
ACD	Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence
ACDA	United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACE	Automated Commerical Environment
ACES	Active Community Environments Initiative
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
ACFR	Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
ACHP	Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
AcqNet	Acquisition Central
ACQWeb	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
ACS	Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management
ACSFA	Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
ACSL	Alternate Crops and Systems Lab (changed to CSGCL)
ACYF	Administration for Children, Youth, and Families
ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act (Text of ADA legislation)
ADC	Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency (changed to ACD)
ADD	Administration on Developmental Disabilities
ADDS	Aviation Digital Data Service
ADF	African Development Foundation
ADR	Alternative Dispute Resolution
AES	Automated Export System
AFC	American Folklife Center
AFCARS	Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System
AFDC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children (defunct; see history)
AFI	Assets for Independence Program
AFIS	American Forces Information Service
AFMLS	Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section
AFP	Asset Forfeiture Program
AFRC	Air Force Reserve Command
AFRH	Armed Forces Retirement Home
AFRL	Air Force Research Laboratory
AFROTC	Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFRRI	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AFRTS	Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFS	Air Facility System
AFSC	Armed Forces Staff College (replaced by JFSC)
AFSIC	Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
AFSPC	Air Force Space Command
AGC	Army Geospatial Center
AGDC	Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinhouse
AGID	AGing Integrated Database
AGRICOLA	Agricultural OnLine Access
AHCPR	Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (changed to AHRQ)
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHS	American Housing Survey
AID	Agency for International Development
AILO	American Indian Liaison Office
AIRS	Aerometric Information Retrieval System (changed to AFS)
AMES	Ames Laboratory
AML	Abandoned Mine Lands
AMS	Agricultural Marketing Service
AMTIC	Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
Amtrak	National Railroad Passenger Corporation
ANA	Administration for Native Americans
ANG	Air National Guard
ANL	Argonne National Laboratory
AO	Administrative Office of U.S. Courts
AOA	Administration on Aging
AOC	Architect of the Capitol
AOML	Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AOTUS	Archivist of the United States
APH	American Printing House for the Blind
APHIS	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APIS	Advanced Passenger Information System
APLAA	Office of Asian Pacific, Latin American, and African Analysis
APP	Office of Airport Planning and Programming
AQA	Air Quality Analysis
AQS	Air Quality System
ARB	Administrative Review Board
ARBA	Army Review Boards Agency
ARC	Appalachian Regional Commission | Archival Research Catalog | Arctic Research Commission
ARIS	Air Resources Information System
ARL	Air Resources Laboratory | Army Research Laboratory
ARM	Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
ARNet	Acquisition Reform Network (changed to AcqNet)
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA-E	Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ARS	Agricultural Research Service
ASC	Appraisal Subcommittee
ASL	Assistant Secretary for Legislation
ASPE	Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
ASPR	Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
ATF	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
ATFE	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
ATFP	Antiterrorism/Force Protection Directorate
ATIP	Anti-Trafficking in Persons
ATO	Air Traffic Organization
ATP	Advanced Technology Program
ATS	Automated Targeting System
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATUS	American Time Use Study
ATW	Air Toxics Web Site
AWC	Aviation Weather Center
AWIC	Animal Welfare Information Center

Source: USA.gov

American Idiot: Greenday Attacks SCHWARZENEGGER for California Being Broke

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"We just gotta get rid of f---ing Arnold Schwarzenneger. We're bankrupt."
—Billie Joe Armstrong

It's the Democrat's fault that California is bankrupt, and he blames the guy who is actually trying to do something about it.
Stupid people like this should stay out of politics and stick to what they know best... luring young boys into thinking you are in a punk band.

Russian Navy facing 'irreversible collapse'

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The Russian Navy is currently on the verge of 'irreversible collapse', according to a recent analysis published by the authoritative Moscow-based weekly - the Independent Military Review .

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Pelosi Caught Abusing Military Aircraft for Fun Trips

"It is my understanding there are NO G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable ... The Speaker will want to know where the planes are," [Pelosi aide Kay] King wrote.

In another, when told a certain type of aircraft would not be available, King wrote: "This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset Speaker."
Fox News

Iraq Now Seen as a Long Term Success by Majority

In the long run, will the U.S. mission in Iraq be seen as a success or a failure?

	Feb. 2009	Aug. 2008
Success	43%	38%
Failure	35%	41%
Not sure	23%	21%

Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 American adults, conducted on Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Military Often Prevented From Voting

Many U.S. troops serving overseas are effectively excluded from voting because they are not given enough time to cast absentee ballots, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Sixteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia do not send out their absentee ballots early enough to allow those serving in conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan to fill them out and return them before their voting deadline, the Pew Center on the States found.

Another six states force soldiers, sailors and marines to return their ballots by fax or e-mail to meet the deadline, risking the privacy and security of their vote.

Reuters

Virginia: Democrats Trying to Toss Thousands of Military Votes

An obscure state law and an ambiguous federal ballot form are combining to invalidate some of the thousands of absentee votes being cast this fall by Virginians overseas, most of them in the military.

State officials confirmed Thursday that they've instructed local registrars to set aside any vote submitted on a federally furnished write-in ballot unless the ballot includes both the name and address of the person who witnessed the vote. An advisory to registrars was distributed earlier this week, said Susan Pollard, a spokeswoman for the State Board of Elections.

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Military Voters Prefer McCain 3 to 1 Over Obama

British Fear Russia

From what you know about events in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in recent days, do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

	Agree	Disagree	Neither	Unsure
Gordon Brown and other Western leaders should have done more to help the Georgians	32%	27%	15%	26%
Britain and other Western governments were caught napping by Russia’s actions in Georgia	57%	11%	9%	23%
Russia is trying to re-create the old, cold war Soviet Union	37%	24%	9%	30%
The West should fear the military power of Russia	48%	24%	11%	17%

Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,745 British voters, conducted on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Military Racial Split in Presidential Election?

Hmm... Interesting photo.

UK: War Hero 'Combat Barbie' Enters Beauty Pageant

"As I came round, the Iraqi suspect was standing over us with the rifles. I knew if I didn't act fast then our lives would be in danger. I punched him and the force startled him enough for me to retrieve the rifles from him."
—Courier Mail

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