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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of October 6th-October 12th, 2014.
Good luck to all of the extempers attending St. Mark’s and the New York City Invitational. If you have the results of the Crestian Tradition, please send them to me at [email protected] so that we can add them to our TOC qualification board.
The one Muslim country that loves America is developing an extremist problem: http://t.co/N5y7tvWYqC pic.twitter.com/lEyyNFuBde
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) October 16, 2014
This election season, President Obama is the most inconsequential man in America: http://t.co/Hv8HnYgviY pic.twitter.com/vL5y981ESY
— The Week (@TheWeek) October 16, 2014
Saudi Arabia sentences dissident Shiite cleric to death. Why that’s a problem for US #ISIS strategy: http://t.co/awPoB5gSwr @bungdan
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) October 16, 2014
Venezuela just won a seat on the UN Security Council. Why that’s bad for the U.S. http://t.co/GI85ZWjJO8
— U.S. News (@usnews) October 16, 2014
The Fed has fostered the illusion that it can create growth. http://t.co/RrbruAl3q4
— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) October 16, 2014
“Authorities in Morocco are increasingly concerned about the impact of Moroccan jihadis returning from Syria”: http://t.co/ZAyacfzF6A
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) October 16, 2014
Here’s why control of the Senate likely won’t be decided on Election Day: http://t.co/E8X7s5pN83 pic.twitter.com/kmSDykwpOB
— Slate (@Slate) October 16, 2014
Republican strategists say Rick Scott could have reacted differently to #Fangate: http://t.co/NVDtg1QOfb
— POLITICO (@politico) October 16, 2014
Britain warns of ‘exceptionally high’ level of anti-terrorism activity http://t.co/l0CYQguX97
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 16, 2014
Cuba’s Sending Doctors to Fight Ebola in West Africa-How Will the US React? http://t.co/pd5Or2OiHD pic.twitter.com/4aIaVD0tC4
— The Nation (@thenation) October 16, 2014
Abbas promises Kerry not to confront Israel until end of 2015 http://t.co/2UBp3HFwKL
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) October 16, 2014
“Study: Hispanics less than 5% of vote in key Senate races” – @alangomez in @usatonpolitics about our report http://t.co/Xthl3I1Wro
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 16, 2014
Islamic State steps up bombings in Baghdad http://t.co/Zxhqt0OSB0
— L.A. Times World (@latimesworld) October 16, 2014
“Fiscal policy in the U.S. at the local, state and federal levels has been a restraint on growth.” – @davidmwessel http://t.co/rNtW6nZbTa
— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) October 16, 2014
.@HillaryClinton takes a veiled shot at Mitt Romney: http://t.co/KbCLdXIhTl
— POLITICO (@politico) October 16, 2014