1. The government conducts Internet and telephone surveillance.
The patriot act allows the government to intercept emails and phone calls between individuals and companies.
2. forming partnerships
Pivot to Asia represents a significant shift in american politics. Many say that by keeping many allies in different places, the USA can keep China busy with a divided attention.
3. Investors drove prices higher than the worth of the stock.
It's the usual. When the demand is high, the prices go up.
4. refusing to vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling
If the debt ceiling doesn't go up, spending has to stop eventually.
5. to search the Milky Way galaxy for new planets
Kepler was meant to find earth-sized planets in the habitable zone.
6. the burning of fossil fuels
The vast majority of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions come from combustion of fossil fuels, principally coal, oil, and even natural gas.
7. mapping the human genome
The other answers aren't about bio technology as much as Reducing the spread of disease, which is not the most impressive of the answers, and mapping the human genome. Something so complex and full of mysteries is the best suited to be the answer.
8. 3D images can show workings of the body in greater detail.
Not only they can show working body in greater details, that can be used is so many different ways for important surgery and many other procedures.
9. his calls for change and his promise to end the war in Iraq
Definitely, Obama wasn't the economy problem solving guy and he did want to bring the troops back home. Also, he didn't ever had a strong position against immigration. He did say many times that we should end the Iraq war.
