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.    

antonyms of what word?

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