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R&D from Prepd: Turkish Politics

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Logan Scisco

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R&D: The Impact of Senator Frank Lautenberg’s Death, Hezbollah’s Ties to Syria, and More

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Logan Scisco

How Senator Lautenberg’s Death Makes the Senate Even Less Functional from The Atlantic This interesting piece discusses how Senator Frank Lautenberg’s death will impact pressing issues in the U.S. Senate regarding immigration reform, ending filibusters, and gun control. Chris Christie’s … Continue reading →

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R&D: The Turkish Election

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Turkey held parliamentary elections yesterday.  This R&D provides some useful articles for extempers at the NFL National Tournament concerning this event.  Since all of the articles are about the same topic, explanations are not provided for each article. Recep Erdogan … Continue reading →

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R&D: Haley Barbour Decides Not to Run for President, the Arab Spring Puts Washington on the Defensive, and a Look at President Obama’s Re-Election Strategy

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for April 26th: How Haley Barbour’s move shakes up 2012 from Politico Yesterday, Misssissippi Governor Haley Barbour announced that he would not be running for president.  Barbour was considered as one of the favorites to win … Continue reading →

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R&D: Prosser Takes the Lead in Wisconsin, Obama’s Problems in the Middle East, and Turkey Tries to Mediate in Libya

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for April 8th: Vote-Counting Error In Wisconsin Points to Incompetence, Not Conspiracy from the New York Times Conservative David Prosser seized the lead in Wisconsin’s highly watched Supreme Court race after Waukesha County counted 14,0000 votes … Continue reading →

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R&D: Salman Taseer’s Death Puts Pakistan on Edge, States Pursue Immigration Measures, and Turkey Flexes New Muscle in Iraq

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for December 5th: Pakistan braces for turmoil ahead of Salman Taseer funeral from the Guardian Salman Taseer, a moderate Pakistani provincial governor, was shot dead by a bodyguard yesterday for opposing the nation’s blasphemy laws.  Some fear … Continue reading →

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R&D: Doubts Grow Over Obama’s Economic Agenda, the Philippines Investigates Its Media, and the Senate Passes a Small-Business Jobs Bill

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for September 17th: Rising Midterm Economic Pressures from the Council on Foreign Relations This analysis brief, which links to other valuable news articles, describes how the Obama administration is struggling to show the American people that … Continue reading →

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R&D: Imam Warns of Backlash on Ground Zero Mosque, Castro Admits Cuban Model is a Failure, and Americans Support More A Stronger Federal Role in Education

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for September 9th: Imam Says Moving Center Could Embolden Radicals from the New York Times Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is behind plans to build the controversial mosque two blocks from Ground Zero, says that if … Continue reading →

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R&D: Iraq’s Stability in a Post-Election World, America Reconsiders Its Position on the Armenian Genocide, and the National Debt Will Be Higher Than Projected

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is the R&D top five for March 5th: After the Elections: Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Iraq from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Armenian Genocide:  Past Imperfect, Present Tense from the Economist National debt to be … Continue reading →

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R&D: Rahm Emanuel Trying to Steer the President in a Different Direction, Greek Corruption is on the Rise, and Jerry Brown Enters the California

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D top five for March 2nd: The Rahm bomb from the Guardian Greek Corruption Booming, Says Transparency International from Der Spiegel Brown in the race to get state “working again” from the San Francisco Chronicle The Threat from … Continue reading →

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