An american journalist is being held in a foreign prison. the president is meeting with his administration to determine what to do. the president says, “i approve the use of $500,000 in defense funds to secure the release of the journalist and to ensure his safe return to the united states.” is the president able to make this declaration?

The first map shows colonial powers and their holdings (1945). the second map shows human development worldwide. compare the two maps. what do the maps indicate about regions that gained independence in the second half of the twentieth century? they differ in their development patterns. they are as developed as their colonial powers. they are more developed than their colonial powers. they remain less developed than their colonial powers.

When this was published in early 1776, many american colonists became convinced that they should act to form a new kind of nation independent from the rule of britain's "cruel" courts

Which combination would the president most likely use to convince congress to pass an economic stimulus bill?