President Bush's announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia and build a national missile defense system was an indication that:
A. Bush was more sympathetic to his father's views on foreign affairs than to Ronald Reagan's.
B. Bush was a sly politician who, by refusing to be swayed by the criticisms of foreign governments, intended to win over the conservative Democrats he needed to push his agenda through Congress.
C. Bush was an independent thinker who was not going to be controlled by strong-minded members of his administration such as Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
D. Bush wanted the United States to plot a unilateralist course in international affairs.
Answer: D
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