Exam 18: Making Foreign and Defense Policy

The director of National Intelligence was ultimately responsible for the failure of the various U.S.intelligence agencies to coordinate the information about Al-Qaeda before the terrorist attacks on September 11,2001.

Which of the following is comprised of a broad array of the president's foreign policy advisers and is housed within the White House?

The president does not have absolute authority to act on foreign and defense policy matters,even in troubled times.

__________ is organized around a series of "desks" representing different parts of the world and foreign policy missions.

What is the primary responsibility of the secretary of defense?

The __________ was the U.S.effort to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II.

A U.S.employee who is highly trained,who is expected to take a job anywhere in the world and perhaps in dangerous territory on short notice,and whose job involves gathering political,economic,and intelligence data for U.S.policy makers and cultivating friendly relations with host governments probably works for the __________.

Which international organization was created in 1945 by the victors of World War II?

U.S.involvement in the "Arab Spring" uprisings and U.S.participation with NATO in the air war over Libya are examples of the United States using the theory of deterrence to promote democracy.

Why are isolationists dissatisfied with contemporary U.S.foreign policy?

Like many federal agencies,the Foreign Service has faced what difficulty in recent years?

What is diplomacy? Under what circumstances is the president's foreign policy most likely to rely on diplomacy? Under what circumstances is the president most likely to rely on military action instead of diplomacy? Give an example of when the United States has relied on diplomacy and when it has relied on military action.Given the uncertain state of the world because of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction,will U.S.foreign policy in the future be more likely to focus on diplomacy or military action?

Which of the following comprises nearly two-thirds of the U.S.defense budget?

Who instituted the Marshall Plan and who benefited directly from it?

Which of the following policies is most consistent with a foreign policy approach based on idealism?

The Obama administration argued that it is in the world's best interests to limit access to nuclear materials,which is an example of which of the following policy approaches?

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Americans' views about foreign aid?

Which of the following is considered a major success of the United Nations?

__________ is an agency within the intelligence community that specializes in electronic reconnaissance and code breaking.

The primary responsibility of the National Security Council is to advise Congress about national and defense policy.