The answer is the third sentence ;)
Being better than someone, or something at a specific task or ability to do something
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The best answer to the question above would be the second sentence. The phrase 'Our mission continues' supports the central idea of the speech which is that America's ongoing fight with the terrorists Al-Qaeda will be one that the country will not easily abandon. Other choices are not the main points.
i think 1846 cuz thats when they separated the countires and when the united states was about to contain land access, but im not 100% on that answer i just skimmed threw the paragraph