B. <em>1998</em>. It was in this year that Osama bin Laden co-signed a <em>fatwa</em> (a non-binding legal pronunciation made by a religious authority) with Ayman al-Zawahiri, stating that the killing of North American and their allies was an "individual duty for every Muslim", to "liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and Mecca from their grip". In the same year a series of U.S. embassies bombings (by terrorist cells linked or incited by al-Qaeda), thorough East African countries killed hundreds of people.
The President has a very important power to appoint judges, justices, and cabinet-level officials. However, the Constitution requires that this power be checked through the Legislative branch or the two houses of Congress. It’s the Congress who keeps an eye on the President’s decision and can decide, which is usually in favor of the majority.
