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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who urges the U.S. to seal the border between Iraq and Iran in 2003?

2. What was the pentagon's first reaction when there were supply-line and reinforcement issues during the first week of the Iraq war?

3. What is the name of the unmanned aircraft that fired a missile that destroyed an automobile in Yemen?

4. Killing the leaders of the insurgency would not work because why?

5. State-sponsored assassinations had been banned by presidential order since when?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Rumsfeld's role in the Iraq War? How was his role made harder, or easier, by the various attitudes within the Bush Administration? Cite specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

After 9/11, there was a "war on terror." According to the evidence presented in this book, was this an apt name for the events that occurred after 9/11?

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific information to explain your answer, detail how the fights within the CIA, the Defense Department, and the Bush Administration hindered the U.S. actions in Iraq.

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