HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of June 1st-7th, 2010

1.  How should the U.S. respond to Israel’s raid on a convoy of boats that were carrying aid to the Gaza Strip?
2.  Has America’s national security strategy been derailed by debt?
3.  Why are Americans so stressed out?
4.  Would Charles Schumer’s effort to charge companies for transferred calls positively or negatively impact the U.S. economy?
5.  Will Mark Kirk’s misrepresentation of a military commendation cost him the Illinois Senate race?
6.  How will the Gulf oil spill impact the 2012 presidential election?
7.  Is the U.S. misguided in its backing of a UN Security Council resolution for a nuclear free zone in the Middle East?
8.  Will the 2010 midterm elections lead to the election of a lot of one term senators?
9.  Has the military’s voice been ignored in Congressional proceedings over whether “don’t ask, don’t tell” should be repealed?
10.  Are America’s schools becoming economically segregated?