Dearest Students,
You must fulfill your weekly current event blog post by 3:30 pm each Friday. Late posts will not be counted. Extra posts in one week will not count towards another week.
Current Event Content Requirements:
Your chosen current event must involve the government in some way. For example, you may use any news story about the president, Congress, elections, court cases, legal debates, military, taxes, government policies and/or reforms. If you question whether your news story qualifies, ask Ms. Rachael BEFORE blogging. You may copy and paste the requirements below in your blog reply.
Include:
Source: (website)
Article Title:
Article Date:
Who:
Where:
When:
What happened:
Why this event is relevant:
Reaction (describe your feelings or attitudes)
Opinion (I think..)
Connection (why you chose this article)
You should summarize the event IN YOUR OWN WORDS and explain why this is important. It should be two paragraphs in length (minimum).
Current Event Sources:
Helpful Hint: follow news sources on Twitter so the news appears in your feed. Easy!
http://www.c-span.org/
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/
http://www.nbc.com/
http://www.pbs.org/topics/news-politics/
http://www.foxnews.com/
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/current-events/
http://news.discovery.com/
http://www.un.org/news/
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/
ReplyDeleteAugust 28th, 2013
08:23 PM ET
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U.S. officials: United States to act on Syria on its own timetable
By Elise Labott
As President Barack Obama insisted he has made no decision on how to respond to Syria, behind the scenes American officials insisted Wednesday that ultimately the president will decide on his own timeline, dismissing the notion that maneuvers in the United Nations and British Parliament suggest a longer-term horizon before any cohesive response.
“We can’t wait, we need to act according to our own national interests,” said one senior U.S. official. While the official noted the president has not made any decisions yet, “this is moving quickly.”
The British Parliament is set Thursday to consider a resolution that calls for no military action before the United Nations Security Council considers a report from weapons inspectors who are still in Syria and who are expected to be there for several
The US, said the second senior US official, is “dead set against” seeking any vote in the Security Council. “There won’t be any more meetings.”
The official added that the Obama administration is not happy about the latest demands by the British.
The United States doesn’t want the UN or Russia to use inspectors as a stalling tactic, the officials said.
Both officials said the declassified version of the intelligence report on Syria could be made public Thursday.
Ikeis,
DeleteI cannot accept this post for credit. This is word for word what the article says and is therefore plagiarism. Another assignment like this will earn a write up and a zero. The assignment must be completed in your own words.
Ms. Rachael