Among Bush's Advisers Who Pushed Most Strongly for the Invasion

question 73

Multiple Choice

Among Bush's advisers who pushed most strongly for the invasion of Iraq were

• A) Secretary of State Colin Powell and the State Department.
• B) Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and the Central Intelligence Agency.
• C) former President George H.W. Bush and the foreign policy realists.
• D) Vice President Richard Cheney and administration neoconservatives.
• E) former Bush administration National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft.

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Definitions:

Synaptic Vesicles

Small sacs within presynaptic nerve terminals that store neurotransmitters, which are released into the synaptic cleft during neurotransmission.

Action Potential

A brief change in electrical voltage that occurs between the inside and the outside of an axon when a neuron is stimulated; it serves to produce an electrical impulse.

Synaptic Cleft

The gap between two neurons where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers in the nervous system that transmit signals across synapses from one neuron to another.