After teaching a group of students about the types of policy, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as an example of a domestic health-related policy?
A) Deciding to give smallpox vaccinations to military personnel and their dependents
B) The creation of a Medicare prescription-drug plan for the elderly
C) Giving billions of dollars to less developed nations for the care of people with HIV
D) Opposing the president's request for funding of new nuclear weapons
Ans: B) The creation of a Medicare prescription-drug plan for the elderly
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__________ argues that the basic characteristics of international relations have not changed over the past 2500 years
a. Liberalism b. Idealism c. Realism d. Complex interdependency