GOV 120 Lecture 28: Gov_120_-_Lecture_no_28
Document Summary
O watershed: an event or period marking a turning point in a state of affairs. Shift to terrorists and states harboring terrorists as chief threat. After 9/11 the foreign policy focus became this single threat to us national security. Changes in public opinion: debate over tradeoff between security and liberty. O executive authority over foreign policy is anchored within two articles of the. President as commander in chief article ii, section 2. The president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the united states, and of the militia of the several. States, when called into the actual service of the united states. Used to legitimize the president"s use of force without a. Executive power of the president article ii, section 1. The executive power shall be vested in a president of the. President has broad executive powers any powers over foreign policy which are not explicitly given to someone else are given to the president.
