Which of the following would be a political linkage that explains President Obama's ability to wage a war of drone strikes against jihadist targets in Pakistan?
a. Congressional authorization of military action in Afghanistan against the Taliban
b. the fact that the United States is the world's preeminent military power
c. the absence of a legal challenge to the president's use of drones across an international border
d. the American public's opposition to more ground forces in Afghanistan and preference for winding down the war quickly
d
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A. the constant increase in the temperature of the polar ice pack B. the phenomenon of increasingly common and important linkages between and among nations. C. sets of political objects or concepts that are theoretically related to each other in an analytic way. D. environmental stewardship by those concerned with Earth's resources.
The official poverty rate is the percentage of the population ________
A. whose annual income falls below a national standard required to maintain a decent standard of living B. whose standard of living is on par with the average national standard of living C. whose annual income is on par with the national standard required to maintain a middle-class lifestyle D. whose annual income falls below a national standard required to maintain an upper-middle-class lifestyle