Why Did the Bush Administration Launch a Military Surge in 2007

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Multiple Choice

Why did the Bush administration launch a military surge in 2007 in Iraq?

• A) To hunt down the remaining members of the Sunni regime
• B) To locate bin Laden and bring him to justice
• C) To topple Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq
• D) To defeat an increasingly violent insurgency that was destabilizing Iraq
• E) To overthrow an Iraqi government that was not cooperating with American plans

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Definitions:

Central Nervous System

The complex network of the brain and spinal cord that is responsible for processing and sending out all the signals that control the body.

Peripheral Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord, connecting the central nervous system to limbs and organs.

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column; it transmits neural signals between the brain and the rest of the body.

Neural Networks

Computing systems vaguely inspired by the biological neural networks that constitute animal brains, used in machine learning and artificial intelligence.