Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes.
Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success...
-President George W. Bush to Congress, September 20, 2011
Part A
Which event led to this speech?
A. attacks on U.S. Embassies in East Africa
B. fall of South Vietnam to Vietnamese Communists
C. attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon
D. refusal of Saddam Hussein to hand over " Weapons of mass destruction"
Part B
Which step did President Bush take shortly after giving this speech?
A. a raid in Pakistan to capture Osama bin Laden
B. the invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein
C. the invasion of Afghanistan to remove the Taliban
D. landing of forces in Saudi Arabia to occupy Kuwait