Ancient+Rome+and+Contemporary+Issues+in+US

• http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-reasons-why-rome-fell • http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6f.asp
 * General articles on Rome's decline**

• http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/la-ancient-rome1.htm • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/roman-aqueducts.html • Roman roads - http://www.historytoday.com/logan-thompson/roman-roads
 * Infrastructure/aqueducts in Rome**

• US problems - http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/baltimores-leaky-infrastructure-seeping-citys-budget-f2D11632745 • http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/billions-needed-to-upgrade-americas-leaky-water-infrastructure/2011/12/22/gIQAdsE0WP_story.html • Susan Collins' office/Maine infrastructure - http://www.collins.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/weekly-column?ID=0944b1f4-c65d-4b04-8b2a-b87df49f00e1 • http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_42/BestPapers42/ElectricalPower/ReliabilityAndCyberSecurity.pdf
 * Sampling of Infrastructure problems in US**

• @http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/01/22122831-afghanistan-and-beyond-us-foreign-policy-challenges-in-2014?lite • @http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/01/02/obama-complicated-foreign-policy-box/1snIGDY2MhBg67ho6Fe6RM/story.html  • @http://www.cfr.org/afghanistan/prospects-afghanistan-2014/p32094 (especially section from Graeme Smith) • US challenges in Afghanistan - http://www.cfr.org/afghanistan/if-there-no-us-nato-troops-afghanistan-after-2014-happens/p32320   ** Homeland Security **  http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/homeland-security
 * Foreign policy challenges facing US**
 * Agriculture, Food Security, & Climate Change**
 * •** http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/agriculture.html

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/green/climatesummary/index.html
 * Environment**


 * Health problems in US**
 * •** http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK44210/


 * US Military**
 * Recruiting -** http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/15/news/economy/military-recruiting/
 * Active duty** - http://www.defense.gov/about/ (especially 4th paragraph)
 * US Military personnel by country** - http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/04/us/table.military.troops/ (look for buttons at top right of page to see additional countries)

**US Unemployment** - http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/07/news/economy/january-jobs-report/index.html?iid=SF_BN_Lead
 * Labor **
 * Youth Unemployment** - http://business.time.com/2012/11/05/why-the-u-s-has-a-worse-youth-employment-problem-than-europe/

• http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-581T
 * Transportation **

**US Debt in 1990s** - now - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/kids/history/history_1990-2000.htm
 * Treasury**
 * US Debt ceiling** - http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/07/news/economy/debt-ceiling-reached/index.html?iid=SF_BN_Lead