I think it's the Council of Elders
A. The United States produces more oil than any other country
It would seem to most people that the U.S. doesn’t make a huge amount of oil since it imports so much, but the reason that so much is imported is due to the fact that the vast majority of that oil produced in country is saved in National oil reserves for future use in hard times.
(A) it appoints federal judges
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914.