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Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer at the Oakton Outlook with a focus on local, national, and international news with an emphasis on public policy and government. During his tenure as a Model UN member, he’s earned the “Best Communicator” award his freshman year and represented Oakton High School at the UVA VAMUN Conference. As a sponsored student of the Arlington LULAC Council, he represented the state of Virginia at the LNESC Washington Youth Leadership Seminar on Capitol Hill and the White House. He has also had the pleasure of serving as your Young Republicans and Young Libertarians Club President where they expanded to become the largest political clubs in the school, beating out Young Democrats. When not writing for the Oakton Outlook, Fabian likes to frequent political conventions where he’s had the privilege of rubbing shoulders with the likes of congressmen, congressional legislative assistants, policy researchers, state legislative and gubernatorial candidates, nationally recognized journalists, and economic experts on monetary policy.

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The Problem With The Healthcare Policy Debate

The Problem With The Healthcare Policy Debate

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer | March 7, 2017

The Affordable Care Act is back in the public spotlight as congressional Republicans have had the ball thrown in their court on the issue. They clearly want to repeal and replace the bill, but why? And...

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Dear Republicans

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer | January 19, 2017

Dear Republicans, First off, congratulations on being able to maintain a majority in the house and senate (given the circumstances). I’ve come to you today because there’s a phenomena that I wish...

Puerto Rico’s Uncertain Future

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer | November 14, 2016

Ricky Rosello of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico ascended to the highest office in the island on November 8th when he won the Governor’s seat by 3%, beating out the Popular Democratic Party...

Uncle Sam Wrestles The Bear

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer | October 31, 2016

The Quagmire The Bush administration set the trend for the next decade of U.S. foreign policy when it used evidence that the intelligence community widely assessed as unreliable to justify the invasion...

IDENTITY POLITICS STRIKE SR&R

Fabian Gonzalez-Cortes, Staff Writer | October 5, 2016

The national debate on transgender issues always seems to die down until the next inevitable inflammation, or otherwise, controversial comment or policy is proposed. But that doesn’t mean that the issue...

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