Foreign Policy

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Foreign Policy

• CP Government Chapter 17

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The Set-Up

• Washington needed help
• Set up State Department w/Jefferson to help with
  treaties, etcover seas
• Leads to Ambassadors

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State Department

• Handles
• Passports
• Legal help (foreign service)
• Ambassadors/Embassys
• Other special diplomats
• Foreign Policy

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Defense Department

• Handles
• Coordinates the branches (Army, Navy, Marines,
  Air Force, Reserves)
• Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Aids in foreign policy

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Homeland Security

• Handles
• Coordinates foreign and domestic policies for
  protection
• Immigration/Border patrol
• Secret Service
• FEMA 4. Coast Guard

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Independent Agencies

• CIA
• NASA
• Selective Service

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Eras of Policies

• Isolationism 1800-1920s
• Monroe Doctrine/Roosevelt Corollary
• Collective Security WWI and WWII
  1920s-30s
• Deterrence 1940-60s Truman Doctrine
  (Containment)

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Policies continued

• Cold war 1950s-1990
• Détente/Containment 1960s-1980s
• TodayWe are 1 in the world

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Help from our friends

• Need alliances GB, Russia, France, Israel, Saudi
  Arabia
• NATO, UN

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United Nations

• Make the world a better place
• Police for the world
• Security Council is very important
• Members contribute resources for all to use

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The Middle East

• Saudi Arabia and Israel are allies
• Terrorists hate our materialism and that we
  occupy holy ground in Saudi Arabia
• We supply weapons to the region (Israel-SA)

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Recognition

• Remember we (US) have the power to recognize the
  existence of a country/ government
• Very important