Which of the Following Statements About American Military and Foreign

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about American military and foreign policy between 1950 and 1953 is true?

A) The United States pared back its defense budget from $60 billion to $13 billion.
B) The United States closed down many military bases around the world.
C) The United States began to pay some three-fourths of the cost of the French war against the Vietnamese independence movement.
D) The United States expanded trade with the Soviet Union and mainland China as a way of diminishing their aggressive tendencies.
E) The U.S. lost interest in such newly-independent Third World countries as Egypt, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.