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The trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico is know by the acronym

A) CAFTA.
B) NAFTA.
C) WTO.
D) USCAMEX.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had little international support.

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B) False

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The Supreme Court required the president to secure authority for the holding and trial of enemy combatants from ____________________.

Wiretaps, business records, and terrorist monitoring provisions of the U.S.A. Patriot Act were ____________________ by President Barack Obama in 2009.

Pre-emptive attacks have become part of U.S. military policy to prevent

The threat of nuclear terrorism is similar to the Soviet nuclear threat in that both adversaries functioned as rational actors.

Saddam Hussein was put on trial and executed for genocide by the U.S. Army.

Nuclear arms negotiations have eliminated over 80 percent of the number of nuclear weapons at the time of the Cold War.

Which minority group dominated Iraqi politics under the Baathist government of Saddam Hussein?

What legal issues have arisen domestically due to the response to the 9/11 attack?

In 2008, the second highest spending on military expenditures belonged to ____________________.

Since the 1980s, globally, about _________________ people have been moved out of poverty.

United States makes up almost a ___________of the global economy.

The idea that a country should act abroad only when it is necessary to protect a clearly defined national interest is

Do you think the U.S. government is doing a good job on providing national security? Why or why not?

Elites may choose which security threats are significant based on the cost of responding to them.

Iraq has had successful and fair elections since the U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein.

Former commander of international forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus is today

NATO intervened militarily to end the genocide of Muslims in

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States withdrew its troops from Europe.