Read the following article concerning President Obama's upcoming trip to Alaska:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/83a430e2e2c3499b9a9d6f4f8d25ec66/alaska-obama-walk-fine-line-climate-change-energy
Answer the following questions related to the article:
1. To what Alaskan city is the President going?
2. What is his goal for the trip?
3. What concern does Dan Sullivan have about the President's trip and speech?
4. What is GLACIER, and what does it have to do with the President's trip?
5. According to the article, what end-goal do Democrats have for President Obama in relation to Alaska? What end-goal do Republicans have?
6. (This will take a small amount of research outside of the article.) Give at least one reason some meteorologists and climatologists say that Global Warming is not a pressing issue.
7. When it comes to the energy issue, where do you stand? Is it more important to not drill in Alaska and other American states and continue our dependence on foreign oil, or is it more important to sever our ties with foreign oil companies by tapping our own supply of crude oil?
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