Author Question: Continuing a tradition that extended back to President Andrew Jackson in the early nineteenth ... (Read 14 times)

joblessjake · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Continuing a tradition that extended back to President Andrew Jackson in the early nineteenth century, under President George H.W. Bush, roughly one-third of the ambassadors were non-foreign-service-career appointees, and more than 50 percent of those ambassadorships were considered __________ because they were basically unqualified for the jobthey are friends or, more often, major contributors to the president's campaign who possess little foreign policy interest or knowledge.

a. nepotism c. political appointments
b. merit appointments d. insider appointments

Question 2

In order to understand whose interests become the national interest and how, we need to examine both

a. domestic and international forces.
b. individual leaders and the lobbying process.
c. the role of leaders and type of economic system.
d. structure of government and societal influences.