| NSC | Org. chaired by the U.S. President |
| NEA | Org. chaired by Jane Alexander in the '90s |
| HAWAII | Former kingdom that became the 50th U.S. state in 1959; these volcanic islands were annexed by the U.S. in 1898. (6) |
| PLO | Org. chaired by Arafat since 1969 |
| DNC | Org. chaired by Tom Perez as of Feb. 2017 |
| RNC | Org. chaired by Ronna McDaniel |
| BLACK | ___ Hawk Down 2001 war film about the 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer |
| DOOLITTLE | The ____ Raid, the first air operation carried out by the U.S. against Japan after Pearl Harbour (9) |
| ENOLAGAY | Name of the B-29 bomber that was used by the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (5,3) |
| LA | California city that hosted the 1984 Games boycotted by the U.S.S.R, initials (2) |
| GAO | Org. headed by the U.S. Comptroller General |
| BOYCOTTED | Like the 1980 Summer Olympics, by the U.S. |
| NORAD | Military org. run jointly by the U.S. and Canada |
| SEVENNATIONARMY | Song by the U.S. rock duo The White Stripes released in 2003 (5,6,4) |
| HUBBLE | The first sophisticated orbital optical observatory. It was launched by the U.S. space shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990. Among its many discoveries, it was also used to discover Hydra and Nix, two |
| TIROS | Abbreviation for the series of television and infrared observation meteorological satellites launched by the U.S. starting in 1960. (5) |
| EMU | It's classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat |
| THREECENTPIECES | Lightest coins ever minted by the U.S., used in the late 19th century |
| SUCRE | Ecuadorean currency replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2000 |
| DDT | Insecticide banned by the U.S. in 1973 |
