He was the Secretary of State
For example look at Vietnam. Thousands of Americans lost their lives due fighting down there. When LBJ was president civilian people and soldiers wanted the US out of the war at any cost. Due to him not pulling them out people started to think that the government wasn’t on their side in this matter or didn’t listen.
The answer is
B. to maintain its neutral status in the war between Britain and France
I think d maybe I’m not totally sure