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According to the authors of your text, when the Bush administration received evidence that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
 
  but after they had already invested troops and money in the warthe administration quickly explained that now the war was focused on ousting Saddam Hussein and liberating the Iraqi people. In essence, the administration may have ________ as a means of reducing dissonance.
   a. added new cognitions
   b. changed its attitudes
   c. changed its behavior
   d. used self-persuasion

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According to the authors of your text, when the Bush administration received evidence that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraqbut after they had already invested troops and money in the warthe administration engaged in
 
  a. a conspiracy to hide the truth from the media.
  b. self-justification to make the war a reasonable course of action.
  c. an increase in the amount of stereotypes about patriots.
  d. the political scandal of the twenty-first century.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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