1. Helpful Resources Allsides.com Snopes Factcheck.org Politifact.com
Opensecrets.org
Snopes
Factcheck.org
Politifact.com
Sunlight Foundation

2. Credible News Sources Politico.com Associated Press New York Times CNN
USA Today
BBC
Reuters
Heavily Biased
MSNBC
Fox News

3. Off Limits Sources Infowars Daily Kos Breitbart Huffington Post Salon
Anything that reports more celebrity news than current events
The Blaze

4. US Foreign Policy Goals?
Do you remember what they are?
Protecting National Security
Preserving World Peace
Promoting Economic Prosperity
Humanitarian Ideals

5. What about our tools? Soft Power Diplomacy: Conducting Negotiations
Summits: Meetings of Heads of State
Treaties: Peaceful Agreements
Trade Relations: Cross-Border Commerce
Foreign Aid: Help for less wealthy countries

6. What about our tools? Hard Power
Intelligence Gathering: Assess the threat
Covert Action: Secret tactics to influence events
Boycotts and Sanctions: Economic Pressure

7. Venezuela Debates
What specific action should the U. S. take in regards to Venezuela to produce an important positive effect? What should the U. S. do now?
Find possible Foreign Policy actions we can take - current information/evidence for Wilsonian AND Realpolitik. (will explain this in a minute)
Note Sheet:
Organize it. You decide the format to use for organizing your information.
Use it and plan on turning it in on Friday (or Monday) after the Debate/SAC

8. Wilsonian Options
Woodrow Wilson: America is a “Wilsonian” nation. We want to do right.
“We shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations...”

9. Realpolitik “Realistic Politics”
politics based on practical and material needs rather than on moral or ethical ideas & objectives