State income tax rates vary widely from state to state. South Carolina has the lowest marginal tax rate at 0% for the first $2,850 of personal income, while California has the highest marginal rate of 13.3% for the portion of incomes over $1,000,000.
DoD: The Department of Defense is basically the US military: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marines. They defend American sovereignty by using guns and bombs in open and direct conflict.
some observers have asserted that the department of defense dod may have been conducting certain kinds of counterterrorism intelligence activities that would statutorily qualify as covert actions and thus require a presidential finding and the notification of the congressional intelligence committees