What is the team of rivalsappointment strategy, and how did it affect appointment decisions by President Obama? Illustrate your answer with specific examples
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should:
a. Define the team of rivals strategy as one whereby presidents assemble a diverse team of former political antagonists to include in their administration.
b. Discuss how the strategy was developed by Lincoln in the aftermath of the 1860 electoral victories when he filled three key cabinet positions with his competitors for the Republican presidential nomination in addition to including people with a wide range of views.
c. Explain how Obama employed the strategy by having Joe Biden serve as his vice president in addition to appointing Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and how he went even further than Lincoln in expanding the ideological diversity of his administration by retaining Republican Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense.
d. Discuss the benefits that accrued to Hillary Clinton from this strategywhen she decided to run for the presidency in 2016, including gaining access to important Obama supporters and allowing her to sideline potential opponents such as Vice President Biden.
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Why did the League of Nations fail?
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Inclusive economic institutions are ones that:
a. increase generalized trust between members. b. include several countries. c. soften the harsh consequences of markets. d. protect property rights.
In terms of gender and ethnic representation in the British Parliament following the 2010 election, Parliament a. became less diverse, only seeing an increase of white women in its ranks
b. saw its numbers of ethnic minority MPs double. c. became very diverse with its MPs proportionally representing Britain's ethnic and gender divisions for the first time. d. saw its number of women MPs fall from those elected in 2005. e. saw the election of its first Asian male MP.
Which of the following is no longer among the weakest spots for American security with regard to terrorism?
a. computer networks b. airports c. seaports d. nuclear power plants e. oil refineries