American Government: Political Issues and Policy Making

Lesson Eight Discussion Instructions Among a president's formal and informal powers none is more important than that of commander-in-chief. Take some time and search the Internet for the reasons given by the Bush administration for the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the war that followed in 2003. (2) Based on what you learned from your research, decide whether or not each of the reasons you have identified for going to war that was cited by the Bush administration to build support for the invasion of Iraq was later proven to be accurate.