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Question 1.
After World War II, the United States went through a period of demilitarization, with lower defense spending.


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Question 2.
By the 1960s, the Soviet Union and the United States had reached a situation in which each side could annihilate the other, even after absorbing a surprise attack.


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Question 3.
Congress requires the CIA to inform relevant congressional committees promptly of current and anticipated covert operations.


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Question 4.
Economic sanctions have proven useless as a foreign policy tool.


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Question 5.
Evidence is clear that there is a trade-off between defense spending and social spending.


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Question 6.
Foreign aid is very popular with Americans.


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Question 7.
Many recent presidents have bypassed institutional arrangements for foreign policy decision-making and have instead established more personal systems for receiving policy advice.


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Question 8.
Multinational corporations are sometimes more powerful and often much wealthier than the governments under which they operate.


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Question 9.
President Reagan proposed the largest peacetime defense spending increase in American history.

   
 
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Question 10.
Since the end of World War II, trade among nations has actually decreased in volume.


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Question 11.
The National Security Council has effectively coordinated foreign and defense policy fully cooperating with the established bureaucracy.


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Question 12.
The philosophy of dêtente was limited to America's relationship with the Soviet Union.


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Question 13.
The United States has had a balance of trade deficit for several years.


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Question 14.
Throughout most of its history, the United States followed a foreign policy aimed at becoming involved in other nations' conflicts.


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Question 15.
When the American people hold strong opinions regarding international relations, policymakers will most likely respond to them.


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