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CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP REPORT: Congressional Tools inForeign Policy: Rock, Paper, or Scissors? War Games of theLegislative Branch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2009

Julie Goodman
Julie Goodman
Affiliation:
2007–08 Congressional Fellow
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There are the telltale signs: men with squiggly earpieces emerge fromSUVs with dark-tinted windows and government license plates, andheading stoically through the corridors of the Rayburn House OfficeBuilding. This is the unmistakable advance of the executive branch,with its flashiest U.S. Defense and State Department officials, andtheir convergence on their legislative counterpart to appear humblybefore watchdog-minded committee chairs.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 225 - 227
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2009

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