What was President Obama’s condition for involving the United States in the threat posed in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria?

What will be an ideal response?


It was the requirement that Iraq’s government become more inclusive as regards Sunni and Kurdish politicians.

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The sum of squared deviations from the mean is called the

A) Variance. B) Standard deviation. C) Sum of squares. D) Degrees of freedom.

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Under the House rules, the only time the Speaker of the House must vote is when:

A. a filibuster occurs. B. the president pro tempore is absent. C. there is a tie. D. the president vetoes a bill. E. a cloture is invoked.

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Almost half of 2,500 American citizens who took a 33-question basic civics exam failed

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Political Science

Despite the fact that the United Nations charter made it illegal for any state signing it to use force, except in cases of self-defense or collective security, the Security Council has rarely used its full power to take action against violators because

__________. a. it closely resembled a classical balance of power mechanism attached to a collective security system, and ran into familiar problems of power politics, self-interest, and free rider issues b. its decisions were not binding on any states, given the ambiguity of charter wording c. problems of power politics, member self-interest, and free rider problems meant that major decisions have more often been left to ad-hoc tribunals instead d. its permanent membership status did not change to reflect changes in relative power status among countries of the world.

Political Science