WGU C204 (ILE) Questions and Answers A+
Graded Western Governors University
What 3 problems did the National Economic Council address that its
preceding groups failed to address?
✔✔1. Routine resolution over economic policy disagreements
2. Need to eliminate the increasingly arbitrary distinction between
domestic and international economic policy
3. Promote consistency between the spin and substance of policy
What are the four principal functions of the National Economic Council?
✔✔1. To coordinate policy-making for domestic and international
economic issues
2. To coordinate economic policy advice for the President
3. To ensure that policy decisions and programs are consistent with the
President's economic goals
4. To monitor implementation of the President's economic policy agenda
What is the National Strategic Direction?
✔✔The direction governed by the Constitution, US law, USG policy
regarding internationally recognized law, and the national interest as
represented by national security policy
Who is responsible to the American people for the national strategic
direction?
✔✔The President
, Who is responsible to the President for creating, supporting, and
employing military capabilities?
✔✔Secretary of Defense
Who serves as the principal military advisor to the President, the NSC,
and SECDEF, and functions under the authority, direction, and control
of the President and SECDEF?
✔✔The CJCS (Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff)
Who is responsible to the President in a foreign country for directing,
coordinating, and supervising all USG elements in the HN, except those
under the command of a CCDR?
✔✔The US chief of mission
What are the three subsets of joint strategic planning?
✔✔(1) Security cooperation planning
(2) Force planning
(3) Joint operation planning
How does DoD conduct force planning (i.e. a subset of joint strategic
planning)?
✔✔Capabilities-based planning (CBP)
Which does the national security strategy (NSS) provide: ends, ways or
means?
✔✔Ends
Graded Western Governors University
What 3 problems did the National Economic Council address that its
preceding groups failed to address?
✔✔1. Routine resolution over economic policy disagreements
2. Need to eliminate the increasingly arbitrary distinction between
domestic and international economic policy
3. Promote consistency between the spin and substance of policy
What are the four principal functions of the National Economic Council?
✔✔1. To coordinate policy-making for domestic and international
economic issues
2. To coordinate economic policy advice for the President
3. To ensure that policy decisions and programs are consistent with the
President's economic goals
4. To monitor implementation of the President's economic policy agenda
What is the National Strategic Direction?
✔✔The direction governed by the Constitution, US law, USG policy
regarding internationally recognized law, and the national interest as
represented by national security policy
Who is responsible to the American people for the national strategic
direction?
✔✔The President
, Who is responsible to the President for creating, supporting, and
employing military capabilities?
✔✔Secretary of Defense
Who serves as the principal military advisor to the President, the NSC,
and SECDEF, and functions under the authority, direction, and control
of the President and SECDEF?
✔✔The CJCS (Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff)
Who is responsible to the President in a foreign country for directing,
coordinating, and supervising all USG elements in the HN, except those
under the command of a CCDR?
✔✔The US chief of mission
What are the three subsets of joint strategic planning?
✔✔(1) Security cooperation planning
(2) Force planning
(3) Joint operation planning
How does DoD conduct force planning (i.e. a subset of joint strategic
planning)?
✔✔Capabilities-based planning (CBP)
Which does the national security strategy (NSS) provide: ends, ways or
means?
✔✔Ends
