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Outline for 9/24: The US Government in International Affairs Actors within the White House Cabinet-level Departments O

Outline for 9/24: The US Government in International Affairs Actors within the White House Cabinet-level Departments Outside Agencies The DOD in more detail The US Intelligence community Actors in US foreign economic policy Congress in IA

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Outline for 9/24: The US Government in International Affairs Actors within the White House Cabinet-level Departments O

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  1. Outline for 9/24: The US Government in International Affairs Actors within the White House Cabinet-level Departments Outside Agencies The DOD in more detail The US Intelligence community Actors in US foreign economic policy Congress in IA Hint: Bureaucracies and Leader Names from next 4 slides (e.g. DOS, Kerry) could be multiple choice questions for first exam.

  2. Within the White House President Vice-President National Security Council US Trade Representative (NSC) (USTR) National Economic Council (NEC) Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Any other major White House actors? Outside the White House, which are the Big 4 cabinet level departments?

  3. Cabinet-level Departments The Big 4: Defense State Treasury Justice Other Departments with some role in IA Energy, Agriculture, Commerce Are there any other cabinet-level departments with an important role in IA?

  4. Government Agencies involved in IA Central Intelligence Agency Federal Reserve Board US Agency for International Development (USAID) – recently merged into State Can you think of any other major executive branch actors in US international affairs?

  5. Energy Veterans Affairs Homeland Security The Defense Department in more detail Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Services Army Navy Air Force Marines Any major Defense Dept. actors not included above?

  6. US Intelligence Community (17 different actors) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (White House) Central Intelligence Agency Defense (8) National Security Agency (NSA) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Army Military Intelligence (MI) Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA) Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI) Homeland Security (2) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI) Justice (2) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) Treasury Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Why so many different intelligence agencies? Who is really in charge?

  7. US Foreign Economic Policy National Economic Council (White House) Monetary Relations Treasury Federal Reserve Board Trade Relations USTR (White House) US Senate International Trade Agency (Commerce Department) International Trade Commission (ITC – independent agency) Foreign Aid Congress US Agency for International Development Why is foreign economic policy not centralized under a single Department?

  8. Congress in IA Mostly acts to constrain the executive branch, how can it do this? • Allocate funds 2. War powers 3. Approve Presidential appointments and international treaties 4. Oversight authority Defense Dept. Senate Armed Services House Armed Services State Dept. Senate Foreign Relations House Foreign Affairs Intelligence Community Senate Select Committee on Intelligence House Select Committee on Intelligence Are there any other Congressional powers in US foreign affairs?

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