EXOP Flashcards
What is EXOP?
The top staff and agencies in the White House that give the President help and advice
When was EXOP created?
1939
What are the most imprint bits of EXOP?
White House Office and the National Security Council
What was EXOP created after?
The Brownlow Committee declared “the President Needs Help”
Why did the “president need help”?
Because o the huge increase in the size and scope of the federal government caused by Westward expansion and industrialisation, as well as the emergence of the USA as a global super power and the New Deal
Give three of the President’s most trusted advisors
1) Press Sec
2) Chief of staff
3) Assistant to the President for legislative affairs
What are the 9 functions of the White House Office?
1) policy advice
2) Personnel management
3) crisis management
4) Liaison with federal bureaucracy
5) Liaison with congress
6) running the Whitehouse
7) deciding and executing the president’s daily schedule
8) Act as “ightnight conductors” for the President
9) Ensuring an orderly decision making process for the President
What term describes how the the White House Office are not policy makers but impartial advisors?
Honest Brokers
What term describes how the the White House Office are not meant to be in the spotlight?
They’re meant to have a passion for anonymity
What was Dick Cheney for Ford and what did he say?
He was Whitehouse Chief of Staff for Ford and he said “he takes the credit, I take the blame”
Who is the current Whitehouse chief of staff?
Reince Priebus
Who was a good Whitehouse chief of staff and for whom did he serve?
Andrew Card and Bush
Who was an overwhelmed Whitehouse chief of staff?
Mack McLarty Bill Clinton
Who was an obtrusive Whitehouse chief of staff and for whom did he serve?
John Sununu Old Bush
When was the NSC formed?
1947
