A shrinking Pentagon budget, I think.
One of the things that the legislative branch can do if the president vetoes a bill is "<span>It can override the veto with a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress", since this is one of the ways that Congress "checks" executive power. </span>
I am going to have to agree with A, here. It just seems to make more sense to me than other choices
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According to the 1975 Church Commission Report, covert United States involvement in Chile in the decade between 1963 and 1973 was extensive and continuous. The CIA spent $8 million in the three years between 1970 and the military coup in September 1973, with over $3 million in 1972 alone.