March 9th-13th

[3Jenny]

Monday (9th)- Presentations on Amendments

Tuesday (10th)-  Presentation on Amendments

Wednesday (11th)- Italy had broken a record on most inches of snow fallen in 24 hours. Continued presentations on Amendments

Thursday (12th)-

• There were many pictures of Osama Bin Laden found that are now able to be seem by the public
• Went over stats of Ferguson since the recent stories in the news (looks like they target more African Americans than White people)
• 2 Police officers were shot after police chief resigned (neither was from Ferguson--shooter is unknown)
• 2 Secret Service men were drunk and crashed into the White House Barrier

Iran 101

• Current leader is Ayatollah Ali Khameini  (came to power in '89) (ended Iran's nuclear program "sinful" act)
• Former President was Mohmoud Ahmadinejad (nuclear weapons issue stated during his term "Holocaust never happened" "Israel should be wiped of the face of the map."
• Current president is Hassan Rouhani (2013)- More moderate and brought "resurgence of hope" for change
  •  Helped initiate the first high-level talks with the U.S. in decades
  • opened the country to some Western reporters but... Anatolia is in charge
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -1970 (countries agree to not make nuclear weapons)--North Korea, India, Pakistan and Israel [Iran] broke treaty
• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty- 1963 (only underground test nuclear bomb)
• Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty- 1996 (no test on any nuclear weapons--but never officially signed--just applied)
• International Atomic Energy Agency- Watch dogs of nuclear weapons/ testing
• Missile Defense System- 1980's (Shoot dummy missile at real missile aimed towards us (gets it off track)
• Nuclear Program started in 50's and U.S. helped them (Help ended in 1970 with Iranian Revolution that toppled the pro-West government
• 2003 was when US Intelligence Agencies stated to think Iran was working towards nuclear weapons (They deny this all the time)

Friday- Went over Amendment projects and more Iran 101 facts (listed above)

• U.S. wants to eliminate Iran's ability to make a nuclear weapon
• Iran's Goal is to relief from economic Sanctions (not trading with other countries--hopefully this makes the poor to revolt against the rich)
  • To maintain a peaceful nuclear program
  • They have to okay monitoring by the supervisors
• Republicans feel that Obama is making a treaty that's not approved by Congress