Why couldn't the U.S. government control the news coming out of Iraq in 2003, such as the number of military and civilian casualties, along with the news of the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and other prisons?

What will be an ideal response?


There were too many journalists and news organizations from around the world reporting, along with too many American soldiers and Iraqi civilians posting what they were seeing and experiencing to weblogs.

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A) more than 80 % B) 50% C) 20% D) 10% E) less than 5%

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A primary election in which voters are required to identify a party preference before the election and are not allowed to split their ticket is called

a. an open primary b. a blanket primary c. a closed primary d. a runoff primary e. a presidential preference primary

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Which of the following was proposed by Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan?

B. Hobbes pointed to the state as the solution to the collective action problem. C. Hobbes coined the term state of society to describe an imaginary time before human beings organized into governments or states for the collective good. D. Hobbes assumed that individuals in the state of nature would not be interested in self-preservation. E. Hobbes explained that laws, contracts, law enforcement, and justice systems could exist without governments.

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Germany has a __________ of government because the local governments have only the autonomy granted to them by the national government

Fill in the blank with correct word

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