Read the following speech excerpt and then select the correct answer to the question below:

president george w. bush's speech to the troops on the uss abraham lincoln
our mission continues. al-qaida is wounded, not destroyed. the scattered cells of the terrorist network operates in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. the proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. the enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland- and we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike.

which topic best relates to the central idea in this part of the speech?

a) keeping the nation safe
b) supporting the united states government
c) starting terrorist organizations
d) improving the use of technology

I would contend that the right answer is the A) Keeping the nation safe.

Explanation: Both the opening and the closing lines of this excerpt refer to the outgoing effort that the government of the United States was doing in order to keep the nation safe from Al-Qaeda - "our mission continues" and "unprecedented measures to defend the homeland and we will continue to hunt down [...]." Likewise, throughout the text there are references to the danger that the terrorist organization was still posing ("they continue to plot against free people," "proliferation of deadly weapons," and "the enemies of freedom as not idle"), as if to stress that the role of the US government in defending its territory was crucial. In this part of his speech President George W. Bush was not talking about supporting the government, starting terrorist organizations or specifically improving the use of technology.    

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

im pretty sure a would be the answer