Describe the roles that the president’s inner circle and advisory network play in the foreign policy process. Identify specific agencies, institutions, and actors in your answer, as well as the specific roles they play.

What will be an ideal response?

Answers should discuss how each president prefers different advisers and staffers to play roles in foreign policy making. Answers should also discuss how the president is an institution rather than a single actor. A variety of agencies, councils, institutions, and actors could be mentioned in answers; answers should definitely include the national security adviser, the secretaries of defense and state, and the secretary of homeland security.