the-reaction.blogspot.com - 1/24/2009
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By Michael J.W. Stickings It's gotta be this one, right? Obama Starts Reversing Bush Policies And what a start it has been: President Obama moved swiftly yesterday to begin rolling back eight years of his predecessor's policies, ordering tough new ethics rules and preparing to issue ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/26/2009
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Republicans have already settled on a five-letter messaging
counter-attack to President Obama's plan to shutter the Guantanamo
Bay prison within a year: NIMBY. Within the past few days, John McCain and Karl Rove have helped reinforce the perception ...
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Not In My Backyard: The GOPers Complicating Obama's ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/21/2009
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) Hours
after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama
ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. Military judges were ...
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Obama seeks halt to Guantanamo trials - Yahoo! News
reuters.com - 1/29/2009
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BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
on Thursday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to return
the military base of Guantanamo to Cuba after applauding his decision to close the prison for terrorism suspects there. The anti-U.S. ...
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Chavez tells Obama to give Guantanamo back to ...
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