motherjones.com - 1/22/2009
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"There you go."
That's what President Barack Obama said, on his second day in office, immediatley after he signed an executive order that would prevent any officer of the U.S. government from engaging in torture. As he placed his name on the order--keeping a prominent campaign promise--he ...
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/23/2009
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President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United
States 'will not torture' as it detains terrorism suspects...
and works to keep the country safe.
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Ben Smith's Blog —
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Obama wages war on GWOT.
Above the Law digs into the White House legal staff.
A WaPo deputy editor is tapped to be Susan Rice's speechwriter.
Anne-Marie Slaughter will run a key State office.
Jack Balkin, famous sticking to the text, rules Obama isn't actually president.
Harry Reid goes 0 for 2 on Senate picks.
Macker hires press staff.
Barack vs. Vader.
Bloomberg balks at the idea that he played any part in Kennedy's brief run. ...
Gibbs' First Press Briefing: Looking for Transparency about Non-Transparency?
David Corn —
... I attended Robert Gibbs' first (and very crowded) White House briefing as press secretary and asked whether President Obama--when he earlier signed an executive order banning torture--had not used the phrase "war on terror" purposefully. (Instead, the new president had referred to the "ongoing struggle" against violence and terrorism.) To find out what Gibbs said, click here. ...
Does Obama Believe It's a "War on Terror"?
David Corn —
... At Robert Gibbs' first briefing as White House press secretary last Thursday, I asked if President Obama had decided not to use the "war on terror" catch phrase that the Bush-Cheney crowd had coined. After all, earlier in the day, when Obama was signing executive orders banning torture and setting a deadline for shutting Gitmo, the new president had not used that three-word term. This question got one of the shortest replies of the briefing, as Gibbs said that Obama was using language consistent with his inaugural address (in which Obama said, "our nation is at war ...
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President Barack Obama
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Obama-world begins shake-up of DNC —
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