What is the National Security Council and what does it do?

What will be an ideal response?


An ideal response will:
1, Describe the National Security Council as a council that makes policy recommendations and oversees implementation of foreign policy decisions, and as the president's most important source of advice about foreign policy problems.
2, Discuss how former presidents created smaller groups from the council to rely on during crisis situations, but how President Obama has significantly expanded the structure to add other staff people to the council (e.g., the attorney general, secretary of Homeland Security, and others).

Political Science

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a. nation building b. state development c. state building d. state formation e. state creation

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What is the most important constitutional basis for federal regulation of economic, social, and political activities?

A) The commerce clause B) The elastic clause C) The necessary and proper clause D) The Ninth Amendment E) The due process clause

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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

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The American Revolution arose over the issue of what constitutes representation and the authority to tax those without representation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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