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F and D Policy

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1. Foreign Policy Also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests.
2. United Nations An international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace.
3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
4. European Union an economic and political union or confederation[10][11] of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. Its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed by six countries in 1958.
5. Commander and Chief A reference to the President because he is the one that controls the military.
6. War Powers Act A federal law intended to check the power of the President in committing the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. Limits troops to 60 days without war declared
7. Department of State The United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries.
8. Secretary of State A commonly used title for a senior or mid-level post in governments around the world. At the Federal level, "Secretary of State" uniquely refers to the official responsible for foreign policy.
9. Department of Defense The U.S. federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the United States armed forces.
10. Sectetary of Defense The head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense
11. Joint Chiefs of Staff The chiefs of staff of the US Army and Air Force, the commandant of the US Marine Corps, and the chief of US Naval Operations.
12. Central Intelligence Agency A US federal agency responsible for coordinating government intelligence activities. Run by Civilians and not federal officers.
13. National Security Agency The United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information.
14. National Security Council A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency.
15. Congress' "power of the purse" All bills that have to deal with the money in America must origionate in the House and also a budget must be approved by both houses in Congress.
16. Senate Foreign Relations Committee It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate.
17. House Committee on Foreign Affairs has jurisdiction over bills and investigations related to the foreign affairs of the United States. It is less powerful than its Senate counterpart, because it does not consider the ratification of treaties or the confirmation of presidential appointments
18. Isolationism U.S. foreign policy between WWI and WWII, which resulted in the U.S. staying out of European affairs.
19. Cold War An era of American foreign policy where American policy was defined ad containment of communism. Lasted from 1941 to 1991.
20. Containment A reference to keeping communism in a certain area in Asia and not letting it spread to other countries. Was between 1941 and 1991.
21. Arms Race Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a technological escalation. Origionally used for the battle between the U.S. and Russia.
22. Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) A doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of weapons of mass destruction by two opposing sides would effectively result in the complete, utter and irrevocable annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
23. Vietnam War A War that the United States got involved into in order to stop Communism from spreading into South Vietnam.
24. Détente Nixon and Regan's foreign policy that resulted in an imporvement of Relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
25. Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) or "Star Wars" proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground- and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
26. War on Terror A term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other NATO as well as non-NATO countries. organizations designated as terrorist and regimes connected to them.
27. Axis of Evil Used by former President Bush describing governments that he accused of helping terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction.
28. Afghanistan Find al Qaeda in Afghanistan and wind up what we are doing there. Disrupt what is going on within the terrorist group as well.
29. Iraq Pull our troops out of there and get them home. Also finish training their troops and police so that they have everything under control.
30. Nuclear Proliferation A term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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