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Lincoln-Douglas 2024 January/ February Topic

Paras Kumar | Dec 01, 2023
1 min read

Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.

A total of 803 coaches and 3,145 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 34% of the coach vote and 39% of the student vote.


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