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Examples Of Interactions Among The Branches Of The Federal Government

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Historical events or contemporary examples show interactions among the branches of the federal government. These interactions are in the form of checks and balances. An example of this would be S.T.A.R.T. A treaty proposed by President Obama in 2010. Two branches had to work together to ratify this treaty, the Executive and Legislative. S.T.A.R.T. is a treaty “President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed [that was a] major nuclear arms control agreement that reduces the nuclear stockpiles of both nations” (Obama). S.T.A.R.T stands for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The two countries agreed to terms that “cuts the amount each country has by about a third” (Obama). This treaty created a “win-win situation” among two countries

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