Correct: The answer is b. Senator Mitchell agreed with Lt. Col. North with regard to the need for a democratic outcome in Nicaragua to defeat the communist Sandinistas, but he said there was a disagreement as how best to achieve that objective. Mitchell believed that, however noble an objective, it cannot be achieved at the expense of the rule of law in the United States.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Senator Mitchell agreed with Lt. Col. North with regard to the need for a democratic outcome in Nicaragua to defeat the communist Sandinistas, but he said there was a disagreement as how best to achieve that objective. Mitchell believed that, however noble an objective, it cannot be achieved at the expense of the rule of law in the United States.