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Section 2:

How Domestic Actors

Affect Foreign Policy

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Main Idea

U.S. foreign policy is directed and shaped by the executive branch and Congress and is carried out by a large bureaucracy. Domestic influences such as interest groups also play a role in foreign policy.

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Focus Questions

1. What happened concerning Elian Gonzalez?

2. What groups make up the foreign policy bureaucracy?

3. What foreign policy powers does the President have?

4. What foreign policy powers does Congress have?

5. What other groups are involved with does foreign policy?

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