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Foreign Affairs: activities of a nation in its relationships

with other nations; international relations.
2. Treaty: a formal agreement between two or more states
in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other
international relations.
3. Cabinet: (in the U.S.) an advisory body to the president,
consisting of the heads of the 15 executive departments
of the federal government.
4. Political Parties: an organization of people which seeks to
achieve goals common to its members by gaining political
power.
5. Federalism: is a system based upon democratic rules and
institutions in which the power to govern is shared
between national and state governments.
6. Neutrality: the policy or status of a nation that does not
participate in a war between other nations.
7. Domestic Policy: administrative decisions which are
directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's
borders.
8. Grueling: characterized by effort to the point of
exhaustion.
9. Precedent: an example that is used to justify similar
occurrences.
10. Ensuing: following immediately and as a result of what
went before.