Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Extemp Prep 1

Obama policy on Afghanistan
NYTIMES article

1) He will be putting troops there, the question is how much
2) Tuesday night he will let us know the answer
3) This comes on the heals of him receiving the Nobel Piece award and protests in England against the war.
4) He was just in India and is going to Copenhagen talking about Climate Control and occupation in Afghan in India

Jobless, Unemployment, and Housing

AP Report Jobless
Consumer Spending is up http://news.bbc.co.uk
1) Understand what is happening with job loss, and unemployment
2) How does this predict the future
3) Housing is up for the fourth month in a row, which is one main cause of the Econ. downturn

Overview on What Happened on Healthcare now in the Senate and what the problems are
1) Just a great article to read from NYTimes with a nice overview


FX:
Obama On Climate among the world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8378890.stm

Fighting in the Congo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8377842.stm

India Foreign Policy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8375904.stm


Printing these off, and being familiar with all of these articles is really a good idea. I'll keep doing this as long as this is helpful. Let me know if this format works.

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