Consider yourself a junior policy analyst on the National Security Council staff. Your section chief reports to one of the assistant National Security Advisors. In response to a tasking from the assistant NSA, your section chief has directed you to provide a policy recommendation for the US about an
issue. She wants you to provide a summary of US national interests and objectives on the issue,
various courses of action, a comparative analysis of the courses of action, responses from key
government departments and agencies, and a recommended course of action.”
