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Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answers to Part A? (2 points)

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"To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home." (Paragraph 7)
"To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home." (Paragraph 7)

"I would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong -- and some were wrong -- they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interests of the nation." (Paragraph 12)
"I would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong -- and some were wrong -- they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interests of the nation." (Paragraph 12)

"And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me," (Paragraph 13)
"And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me," (Paragraph 13)

"They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the administration, the Congress and the people. But the challenges ahead are equally great." (Paragraph 14)
"They have been a time of achievement in which we can all be proud, achievements that represent the shared efforts of the administration, the Congress and the people. But the challenges ahead are equally great." (Paragraph 14)

"We must keep as our goal turning away from production for war and expanding production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward, in their children's time, if not in our own time, to having the necessities for a decent life." (Paragraph 18)
"We must keep as our goal turning away from production for war and expanding production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward, in their children's time, if not in our own time, to having the necessities for a decent life." (Paragraph 18)

"There is one cause above all to which I have been devoted and to which I shall always be devoted for as long as I live." (Paragraph 22)

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The best two phrases that support the answers to Part A are:

  1. "To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home." (Paragraph 7)

  2. "But the challenges ahead are equally great." (Paragraph 14)

These phrases highlight the importance of focusing on national issues rather than personal vindication, and they acknowledge that there are significant challenges to address moving forward.