According to the text, which of the following policy-making components of the Department of Defense has been strengthened recently through congressional legislation?
a. Joint Chiefs of Staff
b. Secretary of Defense
c. Office of the Secretary of Defense
d. "Little State Department"
e. All of the above are true.
A
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Which of the following statements is true of presidential succession in the United States?
A. The Twenty-second Amendment addresses the question of how the vice president should fill a vacant presidency. B. If the president becomes incapable of carrying out necessary duties while in office, the Senate elects a new president from among its members. C. In the event of the death or resignation of the president, the president's son or daughter is appointed the next president. D. The vice president is in a position to become the nation's chief executive should the president die, be impeached and convicted, or resign the presidential office. E. If the vice president temporarily fills the office of president, a hundred percent vote of both chambers of Congress is required for the vice president to remain acting president.
Why has increasing partisanship and polarization made governing more difficult in the Senate?
What will be an ideal response?