Trends in Defense Spending Source: Office of Management and Budget,Budget

Trends in defense spending Source: Office of Management and Budget,Budget of the United States Government,Fiscal Year 2017: Historical Tables
(Washington,DC: U.S.Government Printing Office,2016) ,Table 3.1.
NOTE: Data for 2016 and 2017 are estimates.
-How does the graph illustrate Congress's power over the United States' foreign policy?

A) Congress can limit foreign policy funds for presidents under investigation.
B) Congress,with its power of the purse,must authorize appropriations for defense spending.
C) Congress can refuse to declare war to prevent the military from executing the president's foreign policy wishes.
D) Congress can replace the secretary of state with someone who will implement foreign policy according to Congress's wishes.-Consider This: The secretary of state works for the president.