Which argument was put forward as an argument against a missile defense system?
a. It would probably generate a new round in the arms race as the side that did
not have it raced to build additional new missiles so that it could penetrate the
defensive shield.
b. The United States and the USSR had successfully achieved a major strategic arms
reduction agreement, and strategic defense undermined that agreement.
c. The Soviets were so far ahead of the United States in strategic defense that it was
impossible to catch up. Money should therefore be spent elsewhere.
d. It violated the UN charter. Therefore, it would lead to a more dangerous world.
a
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a. Intraservice rivalry c. Duplication activities b. Interservice rivalry d. Paradox of American power
Why are bureaucrats often called civil servants?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The public sector composes a smaller proportion of total health-related expenditures in the United States, compared to most other industrialized democracies. 2. The American health-care system is primarily a private health-care system. 3. The United States spends a much larger proportion of its economic resources (as measured by gross domestic product) on health care than does any other industrialized nation. 4. Surveys of the American public find that Americans want universal access to medical care via large-scale government programs. 5. Despite the existence of several health-care programs, medicine is still not as available to the poor as it is to the more affluent.
Which of the following is not an example of a case wherein the Supreme Court backed the federal government’s legal primacy in foreign policy cases?
a. When the Supreme Court upheld President Clinton’s policies regarding returning Haitian refugees to their homeland to prevent them from seeking asylum b. When the Supreme Court ruled that federal sanctions against Myanmar preempted sanctions imposed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts c. When the Supreme Court upheld Washington’s authority to mollify state laws regarding federal immigration statutes d. When the Supreme Court upheld Congress’s claim that President Obama violated the War Powers Resolution when he ordered U.S. troops to engage in Libya