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As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas. These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.
How did Vice President Kamala Harris’ Central America trip go? Here’s what two experts have to say, in today’s Essential Politics: https://t.co/ufSUoHZ2oF
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 9, 2021
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has advocated an approach to national security that he calls integrated deterrence. @MichaelEOHanlon says the concept is an important one. https://t.co/S01Pw3xLuY
— Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) May 31, 2021
The Senate has confirmed 21 out of 23 of President Biden’s Cabinet members so far. We’re tracking it all 👇 https://t.co/aDXJE2yeaY
— POLITICO (@politico) May 20, 2021
Kamala Harris, under fire at home and abroad, touts progress in migrant crisis diplomacy https://t.co/tDtmfmNikW
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 9, 2021
On a visit to Israel, Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken pledged U.S. support for rebuilding Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed “a very powerful response” if Hamas were to break a fragile cease-fire. https://t.co/VKsnRnciID
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 25, 2021
#US Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the Justice Department to expand funding and other resources to states and municipalities to help track and investigate #hatecrimes.https://t.co/KL4Qa9037Y
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) May 27, 2021
Neera Tanden, who lost cabinet role over toxic tweets, finally gets job from Biden https://t.co/2sABKDahrH
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 15, 2021
“Garland plainly hopes to restore the Justice Department to its rightful station as a unique bulwark of independence in our government. But he has been too timid in his approach so far,” writes @eliehonig for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/EBmfFLBwYC
— CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2021
Now that President Biden is in the White House, Congress might be tempted to forget the ease with which Donald Trump used the powers of the executive branch for his own gain. But that would be a mistake, write three political scientists. https://t.co/lLeopxpA0z
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 18, 2021
The Biden administration is set to toss out Trump’s efforts to scale back the number of streams, marshes and other wetlands that fall under federal protection, kicking off a scuffle over the fate of wetlands and waterways around the country. https://t.co/TnocmYvSCh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 9, 2021
CIA Director William Burns told Senate lawmakers that there is “significant risk” terrorist groups in Afghanistan will seek to rebuild after U.S troops withdraw from the country https://t.co/UpqE6rYWlw
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 14, 2021
From @WSJopinion: Janet Yellen’s new global minimum tax is a remarkable surrender of American interests for a U.S. Treasury Secretary https://t.co/Y8DPYuuxEm
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 7, 2021
In memos to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the service leaders laid out their concerns about the growing push to shift prosecution decisions on sexual assault. https://t.co/A6db2VXE7P
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 5, 2021
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge violated the Hatch Act, which limits federal civilian executive branch employees’ political activities, when she commented on Ohio politics from the White House podium earlier this year, the Office of Special Counsel concluded. https://t.co/bchXR0w7fH
— CNN (@CNN) May 14, 2021