Author Question: The deployment of an additional thirty thousand soldiers in Afghanistan and the implementation of a ... (Read 103 times)

Kikoku · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The deployment of an additional thirty thousand soldiers in Afghanistan and the implementation of a new counterinsurgency strategy by American armed forces in the country during President Obama's first term

a. secured the country from terrorists.
b. produced no political progress in forging an agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
c. was overwhelmingly opposed on a bipartisan basis in Congress, which attempted to force a withdrawal of these troops.
d. undercut and contradicted the president's declaration that he would begin withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
e. None of these choices are correct.

Question 2

The Tea Party that emerged in the summer of 2009 was

a. comprised of people claiming to be angry about expanding government programs, influence and spending.
b. mobilized to end the war in Iraq.
c. started by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
d. mobilized to increase government spending to end the Great Recession.
e. supported by a combination of spending cuts and tax increases to close the federal budget deficit.