Base your answer to question 44 on the statement
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
my fellow citizens, events in iraq have now
reached the final days of decision. for more than
a decade, the united states and other nations
have pursued patient and honorable efforts to
disarm the iraqi regime without war. that regime
pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of
mass destruction as a condition for ending the
persian gulf war in 1991.…
— president george w. bush, march 17, 2003
which action did president george w. bush take
following this statement?
(1) withdrawing from the persian gulf war
(2) ordering american forces to invade iraq
(3) removing economic sanctions on iraq
(4) threatening iraq with nuclear weapons