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FactsDetailsExamples -Statistics related to topic -Relevant dates / events in the history of the issue -Background information coming from expert sources -Existing precedent relating to the legislation -Names of key people / laws involved in the issue -Cases demonstrating the impacts you discuss in your speech
PeriodicalsThink TanksOther Sources -The Economist -The Financial Times - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Nation Specific Newspapers (Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Daily Yomiyuri, etc) - Cato Institute -American Institute for Economic Research -American Institute on Politics and Society -Brookings Institution -Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -Center for Economic and Policy Research -Foreign Policy Research Institute, etc - Historical and Economics related Non-Fiction “New Releases” - University Research Studies on the Issue - Existing laws, statutes, and court cases able to demonstrate precedent