How well are the president's foreign policy powers described in the Constitution? What specific foreign policy powers are enumerated in the Constitution?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Note that the Constitution is relatively vague about the president's foreign policy powers; the Constitution is an "invitation to struggle."
2. Reveal that the Constitution appoints the president as commander in chief of the armed forces.
3. Outline how the president is given the power to nominate ambassadors and other foreign policy advisers.
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a. Keynesian policy b. import substitution c. supply-side economics d. the neoliberal consensus
How are interagency councils similar to policy coordinating committees?
a. Both coordinate the activities of multiple agencies. b. Both help coordinate the activities of the federal and state governments. c. Both are housed within the legislative branch. d. Both have the authority to override the decisions of agency heads.