Read President Reagan’s words about foreign policy, and then study the graph showing defense spending.
The truth is that a [nuclear] freeze now would be a very dangerous fraud, for that is merely the illusion of peace. The reality is that we must find peace through strength.
–Ronald Reagan,
March 8, 1983
A line graph titled U S Defense Spending, shows years on the x axis and billions of dollars on the y axis. 1980, 450. 1982, 500. 1984, 590. 1986, 600. 1988, 600.
Which policy supports information in the passage and the graph?
A. detente
B. Camp David Accords
C. Strategic Defense Initiative
D. SALT treaties