Extemp: Topic List - Jan. '11

Domestic Policies
POLITICS Court Appointments – Federal Court Appointments – State Electoral College Former President – Legacy Hillary Clinton Political Ethics Tax Reform Democrats Republicans Obama Press Secretary (Robert Gibbs) Tea Party Lame duck session State of the Union Address Elena Kagan’s first year Politics – General ECONOMY Consumer Confidence / Saving / Spending Dollar Federal Reserve Federal Spending / Taxation Foreclosures Car Sales Interest Rates Mortgage Rates Oil Prices / Gasoline Prices / Price Fixing Real Estate Bubble / Cooling Housing Market Social Security & Medicare Debt/Deficit Debt Ceiling Stock Market Trade Deficit Unemployment Economy – General SECURITY Airport Security TSA scanners Don't Ask Don’t Tell Lethal Injection / Death Penalty Military Recruitment Numbers Overseas Deployment Patriot Act	Wikileaks Security – General TECHNOLOGY Apple Microsoft Open Source Net neutrality Domain Names / ICANN Google/ Yahoo/ Search Engines NASA Nintendo wii Wikipedia Xbox v.PS3 Internet security Technology – General HEALTH Obamacare repeal Obesity Stem Cell Research Canadian Drugs Cancer Second Hand Smoke Tort Reform Health – General EDUCATION Bullying College Tuition Student Loans No Child Left Behind Home Schooling Test Scores Education – General SOCIETY Gay Marriage Drugs Illegal Music Downloading Immigration MPAA Movie Ratings Sports Death Penalty Society – General
Foreign Policies
ASIA China – Economy China – Freedom China – Relations with Japan China – General Dollar v. Yen Dollar v. Yuan India – Economy India – General Japan – Economy Russia Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Myanmar North Korea – Proliferation North Korea – Relations with Russia, China, Japan, & USA North Korea – Sanctions The Philippines South Korea Thailand Asia - General MIDDLE EAST Afghanistan Afghanistan – drugs Afghanistan – taliban Iran – Israel Iran – Proliferation Israel/ Palestine US – Israel Kashmir Mideast Democracy Pakistan Syria/ Hezbollah Lebanon Yemen Iraq Saudi Arabia proliferation Mideast – General AFRICA African Debt Ivory Coast Kenya Nigeria South Africa – Economy South Africa – Elections	Sudan – Darfur Sudan – Referendum Zimbabwe Malaria Africa – General EUROPE Britain – Minimum Wage EU – Constitution EU – Invitations Euro vs. Dollar European Union Greece France Germany Italy Turkey – EU Pope Benedict XVI Belarus Serbia and Montenegro Europe – General LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Argentina – Debt / IMF Argentina Bolivia/ United States Relations Brazil Chile Mexico Venezuela Haiti South America – General GLOBAL Debt Relief Globalization HIV / AIDS International Criminal Court Global Warming NATO Nuclear Power United Nations WTO Geneva Convention World Leader Meetings