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Nor does Sen. Jackson discuss the delicate situation created by the presence in the White House of a corps of presidential assistants engaged in the study of foreign policy.
In the earlier sessions there was plentiful discussion on the natural law, which Dr. William V. O'Brien of Georgetown University, advanced as the basis for widely acceptable ethical judgments on foreign policy.
Now, everyone knows -- or knew in the week of December 10 -- that something had gone shockingly wrong with American foreign policy.
But one cannot escape the suspicion that all this non-stop harping on the misdeeds of the long liquidated `` anti-party '' group would be totally unnecessary if there were not, inside the party, some secret but genuine opposition to Khrushchev on vital doctrinal grounds, on the actual methods to be employed in the `` transition to communism '' and, last but not least, on foreign policy.
and ( C ) to finance, for not more than three years beyond the end of said period, such activities as are required to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act: Provided, That funds available in any one year for research and development may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign policy objectives of the United States, be expended in cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United States: And provided further, That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United States for the use of the United States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United States.
We in this Department must think about foreign policy in its total context.
We cannot regard foreign policy as something left over after defense policy or trade policy or fiscal policy has been extracted.
Means must be found to enable us to keep in touch as regularly and as efficiently as possible with our colleagues in other departments concerned with foreign policy.
If the Department of State is to take primary responsibility for foreign policy in Washington, it follows that the ambassador is expected to take charge overseas.
It occurred to me that you might be interested in some thoughts which I expressed privately in recent years, in the hope of clearing up a certain confusion in the public mind about what foreign policy is all about and what it means, and of developing a certain compassion for those who are carrying such responsibilities inside Government.
The senior policy officer may be moved to think hard about a problem by any of an infinite variety of stimuli: an idea in his own head, the suggestions of a colleague, a question from the Secretary or the President, a proposal by another department, a communication from a foreign government or an American ambassador abroad, the filing of an item for the agenda of the United Nations or of any other of dozens of international bodies, a news item read at the breakfast table, a question to the President or the Secretary at a news conference, a speech by a Senator or Congressman, an article in a periodical, a resolution from a national organization, a request for assistance from some private American interests abroad, et cetera, ad infinitum.
His first thought is about the question itself: Is there a question here for American foreign policy, and, if so, what is it??
We do not want policy officers below the level of Presidential appointees to concern themselves too much with problems of domestic politics in recommending foreign policy action.
In the first place our business is foreign policy, and it is the business of the Presidential leadership and his appointees in the Department to consider the domestic political aspects of a problem.
In this way the Peace Corps can be launched with its own identity and spirit and yet receive the necessary assistance from those now responsible for United States foreign policy and our overseas operations.
Such a depreciation policy would also, we believe, prove a very important factor in strengthening the competitive position of the U. S. textile and other industries, thus helping to strengthen the position of the dollar in foreign exchange.
Thus, although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative, and many of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant, the basic purpose of American economic policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign exchange.
This condition affects not only the conception but also the legislative and financial support of foreign policy, especially in the context of economic aid.
But the eagerly sought `` homogeneity '' of the Balafrej Council of Government was never achieved as the Istiqlal quarreled over foreign policy, labor politics and economic development.

foreign and goal
In Brazil, the Ministry of Foreign Relations continues to dominate trade policy, causing the country's commercial interests to be ( at times ) subsumed by a larger foreign policy goal, namely, enhancing Brazil's influence in Latin America and the world.
Gaining control or special access to the strait became a key foreign policy goal of the Russian Empire during the 19th century.
Since 1990, Hungary's top foreign policy goal has been achieving integration into Western economic and security organizations.
Initially, Germany hoped to transform Poland into a satellite state, but by March 1939 German demands had been rejected by the Poles three times, which led Hitler to decide, with enthusiastic support from Ribbentrop, upon the destruction of Poland as the main German foreign policy goal of 1939.
As a Kuomintang member, Bai and the other Guangxi clique members allowed the Communists to continue attacking foreigners and smash idols, since they shared the goal of expelling the foreign powers from China, but they stopped Communists from initiating social change.
To facilitate this goal, the government has actively courted donor assistance and foreign investment.
Below this overarching goal, the Constitution sets five specific foreign policy objectives:
The Albanian government supports protection of the rights of ethnic Albanians outside of its borders but has downplayed them to further its primary foreign policy goal of regional cooperation ; Albanian majority in Kosovo seeks full recognition of the declared independence from Serbia ; Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia claim discrimination in education, access to public-sector jobs, and representation in government.
As the global economy entered the first stages of the Great Depression in late 1929, the USA's main goal emerged to protect American jobs and farmers from foreign competition.
Continued foreign support is essential if the goal of 4 % annual GDP growth is to be met.
Since the end of the Cold War, Norway has developed a model to foreign policy known as the " Norwegian model ," the goal of which is to contribute to peace and stability through coordinated response among governmental and non-governmental Norwegian organizations ; acting as an honest broker in international conflicts ; an informal network of Norwegian individuals with access and credibility among parties ; and the willingness to take the long view in international issues.
Another foreign policy goal was the gain and conversion of Pomerania, which he initiated successfully by adding most of Pomerania to his domains by 1102 – 1122.
Paul Wolfowitz, the military analyst for the United States Department of Defense under Ronald Reagan, had formulated a new foreign policy with regard to Iraq and other " potential aggressor states ", dismissing " containment " in favor of " preemption ", with the goal of striking first to eliminate threats.
The goal of WAP is to assist low-income families by reducing energy bills and decrease dependency on foreign oil by decreasing energy use.
The Mercosur has become a central part of the Argentine foreign policy, with the goal of forming a Latin American trade block.
Since then, an explicit goal of Bangladeshi foreign policy has been to seek close relations with other Islamic states.
The official German history of World War II was to conclude that the conquest of Lebensraum was for Hitler and the rest of the National Socialists the most important German foreign policy goal.
Usually the goal of a structure is to increase foreign direct investment by foreign investors, typically an international business or a multinational corporation ( MNC ), development of infrastructure and to increase the employment.
Among the questions on which Chinese nationalists have disagreed is what policies would lead to a strong China, what is the structure of the state and its goal, what the relationship should be between China and foreign powers, and what should be the relationships between the majority Han Chinese, minority groups, and overseas Chinese.
Regime change in Iraq became a stated goal of United States foreign policy when Public Law 105-338 ( the " Iraq Liberation Act ") was signed into law by U. S. President Bill Clinton.
The TIA program itself was the " systems-level " program of the IAO that intended to integrate information technologies into a prototype system to provide tools to better detect, classify, and identify potential foreign terrorists with the goal to increase the probability that authorized agencies of the United States could preempt adverse actions.
" Idealism holds that a state should make its internal political philosophy the goal of its foreign policy.
One example of the need for foreign aid occurred in 1986, when Kim Il-sung set a production goal of ten million tons of grain.

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