CNN Student News: Ten Questions

(CNN Student News) -- March 18, 2008

1. What punishment did the Democratic National Committee impose on Florida for moving up its presidential primary to January 29th?

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2. According to the program, how has this situation impacted Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton?

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3. According to the report: Why won't Florida hold a revote or allow the original primary results to count? What is the current status of Florida's Democratic delegates?

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4. Do you think that the Florida Democratic Party's decision not to hold a second primary will impact the outcome of the presidential race? If so, how? If not, why not?

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5. According to the report: Why are some Americans concerned about the state of the U.S. economy? What is the federal government doing to try to address the nation's financial worries?

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6. To what extent, if any, have you been impacted by rising gas prices and the weakening dollar?

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7. What is the current U.S. dollar to Euro exchange rate?

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8. Who is Sharon Fields? How is the weak U.S. dollar impacting Fields?

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9. Why was Lazare Ponticelli's passing significant? What were some of the ways that people honored his passing?

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10. At the end of the segment, CNN's Jim Bittermann says that Ponticelli "had come to symbolize the valor of his generation, while inspiring succeeding ones by his very survival." What do you think that Bittermann means?

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