CLEP American Government Exam Prep

Answer: A - An “iron triangle” consists of congressional committee members or other public officials, bureaucrats, and interest groups colluding to create policy in a specific area. For example, the Department of Agriculture might work with the agriculture committees in Congress to help out a large agriculture corporation, while keeping everyone else out of the decision-making process. This concept first became widely known when President Eisenhower, during his Farewell Address, identified a “military-industrial complex” that was an iron triangle.