All of the following factors have reduced the foreign policy influence of the Department of State except
a. the subculture of the department.
b. the relationship between the President and the Secretary of State.
c. the growth of the National Security Council (NSC) and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) bureaucracies.
d. the Obama dismissal of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
e. the budget problems that have slowed recruitment of superior personnel.
The official in a U.S. embassy abroad who is responsible for conducting day-to-day operation of the embassy staff is the
a. ambassador.
b. charge d'affairs.
c. administrative attach.
d. deputy chief of mission.
e. country team leader.
Which of the following agencies or offices has been fully incorporated into the Department of State by reforms in the late 1990s?
a. The Office of the U.S. Representative to the United Nations
b. The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
c. The United States Trade Representative
d. The Office of Homeland Security
e. Both options B and C are true.
In the early bureaucratic debate within the George W. Bush administration over policy toward Iraq, which of the following describes the views of Secretary of State Colin Powell?
a. He favored immediate military action against Iraq.
b. He raised concerns about the risks and complexities of a military approach.
c. He was not involved in the decision-making process.
d. He favored allowing Congress to make the decision on military action.
e. None of the above is true.
The approach to understanding foreign policy that views the emergence of policy as the result of the pulling and hauling among various institutions within the government is known as a(n)
a. rational actor approach.
b. values and beliefs approach.
c. organizational process approach.
d. bureaucratic politics approach.
e. post-modern approach.
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