Read the following speech excerpt and then select the correct answer to the question below: President George W. Bush’s speech to
the troops on the USS Abraham Lincoln Our mission continues. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. The proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland — and we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike. Which answer is a complete and correct summary of this part of the speech? Breaking up a terrorist organization doesn’t necessarily destroy them completely.
There is better intelligence now about terrorism, thanks to modern surveillance techniques.
Many terrorists have worked extremely hard to get deadly weapons to use in warfare.
There is much work to be done because the terrorists will not rest – but neither will we.
