Change looks like this:
- Executive orders to close the Guantanamo detention camp, to close all remaining CIA secret prisons and ensure lawful interrogations (emphasis mine);
- Establishment of an interagency task force on detainee disposition, specifically "to identify lawful options for the disposition of individuals captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations;"
- Instructions to the military to plan a "responsible military drawdown from Iraq;"
- Immediately engaging with leaders in the Middle East;
- An executive order revoking the power of former presidents to prevent disclosure of records on the grounds of executive privilege;
- An executive order that, among other things, bars persons leaving the Administration from lobbying the executive branch for the duration of Obama's time in office: "These are the toughest and most far-reaching revolving-door provisions ever adopted," said Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, which advocates for openness in government...";
- Directives to ensure a more open government: "Melanie Sloan, executive director of the liberal-leaning watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said Obama's decision to issue the directive 'signals that transparency is more than a campaign promise.'"
Not a bad first day's work...
What's it all about, Normie? Give it up already so that the people of Minnesota can have two senators...
Boston icicles:
The photographer (my son who lives in Boston) tells me that the icicles are "pointing down, but the width of them at the top of the picture is how wide the drain itself is. Anything wider than that is ice freezing on ice..."
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em in the most superficially possible way. The thing is, where are the Republican going to find another Barack Obama?...
ESPN's Keith Law ranks the major league farm systems. RGG, the future is so bright for the Texas Rangers that you gotta wear shades. Not that you don't have to wear them anyway down there in Cowtown...
In this picture, the French Quarter looks like a quiet Irish town...
Blogging while listening to Aretha Franklin's Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul is the way to go. Why this got such mixed reviews upon release is a mystery to me: It's a gem...
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Great post! Isn't he something!! Now that's what I call a super productive day! I've been following much of it on MSNBC. Have to admit, I missed my TV the past few days! Thanks for all the info!
I'll be interested to see whether Bush and Cheney or some front organization fights the first effort to get their papers. Of course, maybe they've already burned anything incriminating.
My morning was brightened by hearing about these moves on the news. yup, the country is definitely back on track!
Thanks for the shoutout.
Great post and it's been great stuff so far K.
It's so great to have an intelligent adult with strong work ethics in the White House for a change.
BTW, thanks for the Newsweek link. I enjoyed the article and agreed with this point:
But effectively adopting language relies on political credibility. Luntz argues that politicians can't just borrow Obama's phrases about organizing communities if they aren't able to back up their words with deeds.
Republicans just don't understand that it's not enough to talk the talk.
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