The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI and the Creel Committee, was an independent agency Independent agencies of the United States federal government are those agencies that exist outside of the federal executive departments . However, most independent agencies are part of the executive branch, with only a few being part of the legislative or judicial branches of the government of the United States The Federal Government of the United States is the central United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution. The federal government has three branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers and the system of "checks and balances," each of these branches has some intended to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American intervention in World War I World War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. More than 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. It was established by President Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Ph.D. was the 28th President of the United States. A leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected through Executive order An executive order in the United States is an order issued by the President, the head of the executive branch of the federal government. In other countries, similar edicts may be known as decrees, or orders-in-council. Executive orders may also be issued at the state level by a state's Governor. U.S. Presidents have issued executive orders since 17 2594, April 13 April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of the year. It is also the Ides (middle day) of April, 1917 Year 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). The committee consisted of George Creel (Chairman) and Secretaries of: State The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence. The current Secretary of State selected by President Barack Obama is Hillary (Robert Lansing Robert Lansing served in the position of Legal Advisor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I where he vigorously advocated against Britain's policy of blockade and in favor of the principles of freedom of the seas and the rights of neutral nations. He then served as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson), War (Newton D. Baker), and the Navy (Josephus Daniels) as ex officio members. The committee was abolished in 1919.
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