C-SPAN CLASSROOM
Presidential Foreign Powers FRQ
WASHINGTON - "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared on Wednesday that China is 'in a league of its own when it comes to human rights
violations, and one of his top officials compared Beijing's roundup of Muslim minorities to movements into camps not seen 'since the
1930s.... Mr. Pompeo's comments came with the release of the annual State Department human rights report... Over the years the annual
report has been examined for small changes in wording that hinted at larger changes in policy. This report contains several, but perhaps the
most notable was the reference to the Golan Heights as an 'Israeli-controlled' area. In the past, it had been referred to as 'occupied territory."
- The Washington Post, March 13, 2019
After reading the scenario, respond to A, B, and C below:
A. In the context of the scenario, explain one expressed and one informal power that the President has with regards to foreign
policy.
B. In the context of the scenario, explain two powers that Congress could use to respond to use of the powers discussed in (A)
C. In the context of the scenario, describe two ways that linkage institutions can influence government institutions' responses to
foreign policy.
