Question

What can be inferred from the following passage?

Upon hearing a rumor that a country in the Middle East has fully functional nuclear weapons, the president calls together his most trusted advisors to hear what the United States should do about the situation. His advisors are unanimous, calling first for sanctions and then, if that fails, for a declaration of war with the approval of Congress. Two days later, before sanctions can be declared, it is revealed that the information the president received was incorrect. No country in the Middle East had fully functional nuclear weapons.

The president’s advisors failed in their duty to vet information received by the president.
The president’s advisors should not have advised sanctions.
The president failed in his duty to declare war.
The president failed in his duty to request a summit at the United Nations.

Answer 1

The correct answer is the first one.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is the first one. The president's advisors should have verified that information, which was a rumor, after all, and it should not have been believed - by either the president or the advisors - blindly, particularly because they were willing to declare war to that Middle East nation.