Match the Person or Term with the with the Correct

question 26

Multiple Choice

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Nancy Pelosi

• A)sponsored a bill banning the use of torture
• B)Bush's secretary of state
• C)House majority leader
• D)Obama appointee to the Supreme Court
• E)inability to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency effectively
• F)Democratic presidential candidate in 2008
• G)compassionate conservative
• H)chief political adviser
• I)attorney general
• J)chief justice of the Supreme Court
• K)Republican activist and lobbyist
• L)elected president in 2008

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Selective Training and Service Act

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