politico.com - 1/23/2009
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Reading this article should make clear to all and sundry that Barack Obama's detention and interrogation policies may end up being more like the ones implemented by George W. Bush than many of Obama's supporters care to admit. And that may be the case because the new President is running up ...
washingtonindependent.com - 1/23/2009
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I think the Obama administration is not likely
to cede that authority back to the Congress. –...
Dick Cheney , Dec. 15, 2008 What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them.– Barack Obama , Jan. 20, 2009 I was talking with ...
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So, Governing Is A Little Tougher Than Campaigning, Eh?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... The new Administration has undertaken the implementation of a whole host of Executive Orders concerning detention and interrogation procedures. I can see that the orders have done their job in getting media attention, but their implementation may well be a lot more complicated than the Administration hopes, as I argue here. ...
So, Governing Is A Little Tougher Than Campaigning, Eh?
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
The new Administration has undertaken the implementation of a whole host of Executive Orders concerning detention and interrogation procedures. I can see that the orders have done their job in getting media attention, but their implementation may well be a lot more complicated than the Administration hopes, as I argue here . And it would appear that my arguments ...
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