Field Trip Preparations

[Mrs. O]

The first link under each heading is a brief biography of the two
officials you will meet with next week. Please read and take notes on
some of the following documents. These essays, press releases, and
interviews will help frame your questions for our meeting with both
the Vice President's NSA and the President's advisor on
Intergovernment Affairs. It would be unrealistic to think you will
read all of these documents, but it is reasonable to expect you to
select a few and read through them carefully. Make a note of the
administration's policies and arguments, and consider what you could
ask on these topics.


National Security

http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Antony_J._Blinken


http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Vice-President-Biden-in-Central-Europe

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/briefing-national-security-advisor-tony-blinken-vice-presidents-upcoming-trip-centr

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/readout-vice-president-biden%E2%80%99s-calls-iraqi-leaders-today

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Whats-New-in-the-Strategy-for-Afghanistan-and-Pakistan/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Joint-Statement-by-Dmitriy-A-Medvedev-and-Barack-Obama/



Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs

http://www.c-span.org/pdf/biden_112508.pdf


Read description: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships/departments

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg/who/vp

http://www.peaceplayersintl.org/

http://www.cfr.org/index.html