Personification of the government of the United States (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

uncle sam

(Other definitions for uncle sam that I've seen before include "USA personified" , "Avuncular appellation for USA" , "Federal government" , "Cotton on" , "national representative, initially appropriate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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