Foreign Policy and War on Terror Today

Blog Assignment for MONDAY: (I will post this on blog but access is blocked to it currently)

1. Barack Obama
2. Paul Ryan
3. Harry Reid
4. Ed Royce Chair of House Foreign Relations Committee
5. Eliot Engel Ranking member of House Foreign Relations Committee
6. Bob Corker Chair of House Foreign Relations Committee
7. Ben Cardin Ranking member of House Foreign Relations Committee
8. Democratic challenger (Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley)
9. Republican challenger (Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, Paul, Fiorina, etc)

Research what your assigned person is saying about how U.S. should proceed in war on terror against ISIS in light of Paris and Russian plane attacks. (narrow search by time). You will share their beliefs / recommendations as near as accurate as of the date of your post, but you must recommend an action, whether you find they state one or not. THE EMPHASIS HERE IS WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS ROLE (SENATE / HOUSE / EXECUTIVE) AND WHAT POWERS THEY THINK SHOULD BE USED. Make it up if you have to, but consider their powers and their likely beliefs about the powers and limitations of the other branch. THIS IS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR WHEN I SCORE YOUR BLOG.
Site URL and summarize the stance of your assigned person in the first person – 2 paragraph’s minimum. You are summarizing “your” position and defending it (why do you think this is the best course of action). Identify actual quotes where you are using them by using quotation marks. You may use some isolated quotes but your 2 paragraphs are you paraphrasing / summarizing – not just pasting their words in a blog. 

A second assignment - due the Friday after break (DECEMBER 4th - THE FINAL BLOG) - you must respond to someone you disagree with by commenting on their post. Be respectful and clean (at least by the standards of the person you are depicting :)). You don't need an additional url for this one, but keep up on what is going on with the war on terror by then.

The Imperial Presidency - Post due by Monday the 16th

Ted Cruz: The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama

PLEASE ACCESS ARTICLE ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM - SORRY
Read the Wall Street Journal Op Ed article published January 2014 by Presidential hopeful Senator Ted Cruz.

Take one of his claims and fact check it.  Using a quality source, determine whether there is a factual basis for his claims?  In the title of your post, type the claim you searched.  Summarize the results of your research in a paragraph or two.  Be sure and paste the URL you used.  Please skim some of your classmates posts as well.

House Floor Action Today

Post an update targeted at your constituents  about what took place on the floor today.  Be sure to credit claim where you can and defend your actions where you must.