Select the correct answer.
which was not a response to the september 11 terrorist attacks on the united states?

a.
iraq denounced the events and disassociated itself from al-qaeda.
b.
world leaders pledged support to the united states during its recovery.
c.
citizens all over the country came together to support each other and the president.
d.
the president requested and received congressional authorization for the use of military force.

The correct answer is A, as Iraq didn't denounce the September 11 terrorist attacks and didn't disassociate itself from Al-Qaeda.

Explanation:

Almost all Muslim political and religious leaders condemned the attacks. The leaders who vehemently denounced the attacks included the leaders of Egypt (Hosni Mubarak), the Palestinian Authority (Yasser Arafat), Libya (Muammar Gaddafi), Syria (Bashar al-Assad), Iran (Mohamed Khatami) and Pakistan (Pervez Musharraf). The only exception was Iraq, whose then President Saddam Hussein said: "American cowboys are reaping the fruits of their crimes against humanity."

b. sec, foreign relations

during the debate over his landmark energy policy proposal, president jimmy carter failed to consult one of the most powerful senators, louisiana’s russell long, who would have a big say over whether the legislation moved through the upper chamber. this was classic carter. with a strong distaste for congressional politics, the president simply refused to do what most other presidents would consider routine, such as courting key senators. long became so irate with the president that when he was finally invited to a white house dinner, he stood up to ask a question and, before doing so, proceeded to sarcastically introduce himself: “i’m russell long, chairman of the senate finance committee.”

this interaction is a revealing moment in stuart e. eizenstat’s fascinating new history of carter’s presidency. the former peanut farmer from georgia was a president who, according to conventional wisdom, didn’t care much for party politics; nonetheless, in eizenstat’s view, carter’s legacy on domestic and foreign policy has been vastly underappreciated. the author paints carter as a “bold and determined” leader who bravely attacked the challenges of his time. eizenstat goes so far as to argue that carter might very well be the most successful one-term president in american history.