In an interview with a local TV station, a member of Congress is asked about their recent vote to reduce military spending. In their answer, the representative neglects to address their vote but does discuss helping several high school students from their district with their applications to service academies. What strategies was the member employing?

Dodging

Explanation:

The strategy used by the representative of the Congress can be described as a dodging strategy.

Dodging strategy can be explained or described as a way of avoiding to answer the question that was initially asked, by talking about something else that is unrelated to the question.

It can be seen that the representative was asked about their votes to reduce military spending, but he was talking about high school students application, which never in any way related to the question he was asked.

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