Assigned Blog summaries (day 2):We did 2-5 yesterday1.Update on the candidates running for President in 2012/Iowa Straw Poll2. South Sudan-DONE3. Libya-DONE-4. US Supreme Court and videogames-DONE5. New York and gay marriage-DONE(more today) Most people suspect that more and more states will allow gay marriages. A main reason that states ban it is because of religion. But, the first ammendment says the right to religion or something like that, so i think things will change because the ammendment will probably over rule it.6. Drawdown in Afghanistan-In the next month(end of the summer) we are supposed to have around 800 troops home without replacment. By the end of this year there will be around 10000 troops home without replacment. By 2014 we should be out as long as everything goes as planned.7. Al-Zawahri and al-Qaeda- Al-Qauda is a parish group in the ME. Ben Osama BIn Laden was their leader. It's pretty much a network of terrorists around the world. Al-Zawahri and he was like Bin Laden's partner so he was like the assistant leader of Al-Qauda. He as a 25 million bounty on his head. He has been hiding for about 10 years right around where Bin Laden was on the border of Pakistan/Afghanistan.8. US debt ceiling crisis-problem and solution- Problem= The seal was being raised and the economy is in recession levels. This is the first time we have fought more then one war at a time so that took a lot of money our pocket. The health care plan Obama came up with is also a major factor. Solution= they raised the debt seal; if they hadn't done this troops wouldn't of been paid, or they would of had to shut down. So, raising it allowed U.s.a to borrow more money.9. NFL lockout-problem and solution- Problem= the players wanted more money but the owners wouldn't do it. The owners want more money too so they didn't want to do it. The oweners also wanted to add two extra games to the season so they can sell more tickets and get more money. SOlutions= the players would get 48% of the revenue. There will be a 4 year contract for all rookies that come into the NFL; so they have to prove themselves on the field first. There will also be a 16 game season.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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