We started off the class by taking a look at CNN.Then we started to finish up where we left off on our Assign Blogs. And we started with Drawdown in Afghanistan.Topics cover major news events from this summer. Research your topic and add your personal thoughts.1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South Sudan3. Libya4. US Supreme Court and videogames5. New York and gay marriage6. Drawdown in Afghanistan-In the next month we are suppose to have 800 troops come home from Aphganistan. The end of theyear 10,000 and the the next year 20,000. By 2014 we will be all out of Aphganistan.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda-Al Quaeda is a terroist group, their main leader was Osama ben Ladain. He was killed by US troops.Al Zawahri is a is the second leader and osamas partner. He has been hiding for 10 years. He is now the number one leader of Al Qaeda. Hiding in the Pakistan and Aphganistan Border.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution-Problem-Is the debt ceiling is raising. The US work force is 9.2 % out of work. We are 14 and a half trillion dollars in debt.Solution- They raised the debt celiling. Allowing the Us government to borrow more money. Which is got out of our problem this summer. But we will have lots of intrest to pay back in the future.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution-Problem- The players more money but the owners refused to pay them more because the owners wanted more money. The owners wanted the players to play more games to make more money.Soultion- the agreement is that there is cap of around 200 million. All rookies have a 4 year contract.Less money for rookies.10. US/French Embassies attacked in Syria11. Famine in Somalia12. Norway incident13. Women's World Cup-look at history of Women's World Cup and results
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