<span>After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the federal budget for (c.) National defense has increased</span>
Explanation:
Incomplete question. However, remembering that an excerpt represents a short s extraction of a full speech, music or film and the likes.
This represented the objective of the American war, and how it gave hope in the following years to a war-wearied people because they knew they were fighting for freedom.
A.) the end of the soviet blockade