What are the general tasks of the U.S. Department of State? What are the main critiques regarding its completion and handling of these tasks?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify at least some of the following tasks of the Department of State: advise presidents and White House staffers regarding foreign policy issues and implementation; gather and share information regarding countries and global issues; provide representation and other services to U.S. citizens at home and abroad; regulate and manage foreign travel to the United States; and investigate and develop plans for long-term, large-scale transnational problems. The discussion of critiques should include elitism related to the perception of diplomats’ backgrounds and behavior. Answers should also identify conservatism and extreme caution as a critique of the long-term planning efforts by the State Department. Finally, students should identify the critique of clientitis, or overly close relationships with the host country that blur national interest connections.
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a. Department of Agriculture b. Department of Labor c. Department of the Interior d. Treasury Department
A classic study of national convention delegates found that the opinions of Democratic and Republican leaders diverged sharply and that
A) they were found to conform to party images. B) Republican leaders identified with big business, free enterprise, and economic conservation. C) Democrats were friendly toward labor and government regulation of the economy. D) all of the above. E) both B and C are correct.
The Earned Income Tax Credit addresses the issue of __________
a. stagflation b. offshoring c. moral hazard d. welfare dependency
Why are rules from the Rules Committee rarely defeated on the House floor?
What will be an ideal response?