Answer:
Had/Gained a voice in Government decisions
Explanation:
I'm not 100% sure this is the exact answer but its the best i can remember.
To help discourage Soviet communist expansion, the United States built more atomic weaponry, The arms race has produced waste from such sources as the reactors that make the plutonium and tritium, the tailings from uranium mining, and other by-products from the nuclear weapons development process. As more nuclear weapons are removed, the safe storage of their warheads becomes increasingly more urgent
Lewis and Clark expedition