Which of the following positions are members of the National Security Council under the Obama administration?
a. Secretary of the Treasury
b. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
c. Secretary of State
d. Vice President
e. All of the above are members of the NSC.
To which of the following bureaucracies does the charge that Creeping politicization has corrupted foreign service professionalism and has therefore hindered American diplomacy refer?
a. Department of State
b. Department of Defense
c. Department of Commerce
d. Department of Treasury
e. Department of Agriculture
According to the text, what percentage of ambassadorships went to political friends and campaign contributors from the Kennedy through the Obama administrations?
a. About 33 percent on average
b. Slightly more than 50 percent on average
c. About 10 percent on average
d. About 80 percent on average
e. The percentage varies greatly by administrationwith Democratic presidents higher than Republican ones.
What problem of the Department of State does the aphorism Don't rock the boat describe?
a. The problem of size
b. The personnel problem
c. The subculture problem
d. The problem of resources
e. The problem of influence
According to the text, with what other department in the foreign policy bureaucracy does the NSC staff most directly compete?
a. Department of State
b. Department of Defense
c. Department of Treasury
d. Department of Commerce
e. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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