The Executive Office of the President is a large bureaucracy of currently more than 2,000 employees who work for the president to carry out management and administrative functions. The head of this bureaucracy and a very close advisor to the president is the
a. Vice President of the United States.
b. Speaker of the House.
c. White House chief of staff.
d. Attorney General.
e. national party chairman.
ANS: C
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a. Democratic dominance b. Republican dominance c. ideological moderation d. a combination of dealignment and realignment
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a. Congress b. Congressional Budget Office c. Executive Office of the President d. Federal Reserve Board e. Office of Management and Budget
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a. Madeline Albright b. Condoleezza Rice c. Margaret Thatcher d. Hillary Clinton
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A) drafting amendments to the Articles of Confederation. B) dissolving the Articles of Confederation. C) declaring independence from England and King George III. D) drafting a declaration of war against Great Britain. E) drafting a new constitution for the United States.