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Meet the Press: Bill Cosby, Adrian Fenty, Rep. Maxine Waters. Video here, transcript here.
Face the Nation: Rep. Boehner, Sen. Durbin, Roland Burris.
This Week: Obama. ...
Obama's This Week Interview: Discusses Economy, Closing Guantanamo, Gaza Crisis
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Obama said fixing the economy for the long-term will require sacrifices from every American, and that the priority for the large stimulus plan he is pushing for is doing what works: ...
No one is 'above the law' but...
Political Animal —
... of a question about whether they would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged Bush Administration crimes. George Stephanopoulos followed up on this , pressing Obama on the question in an interview for "This Week." Obama said that he is not ruling out prosecution for crimes committed by the Bush administration and left open the possibility of appointing a special prosecutor or commission to independently investigate abuses of power and illegal activity. Obama's comments came in response to the most popular question on his own website, www.change.gov, which has ...
Someday
N/A —
Forever plus at least a hundred days is not that long. Obama will close Gitmo. Someday.
Obama said unequivocally that it will close. “I don’t want to be ambiguous about this. We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure that the procedures we set up are ones that abide by our constitution. That is not only the right thing to do but it actually has to be part of our broader national security strategy because we will send a message to the world that we are serious about our values.
Yes, Gitmo will close. Just not ...
'It Is More Difficult Than I Think a Lot of People Realize'
JammieWearingFool —
Yes, it's more difficult than people realize, but good luck explaining that to the angry left . President-elect Barack Obama said this weekend that he does not expect to close Guantanamo Bay in his first 100 days in office. "I think it's going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do," Obama said in an exclusive "This Week" interview with George Stephanopoulos, his first since arriving in Washington. "It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize," ...
Coming Soon: The New Guantanamo
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Terror, Obama AdministrationWhere will it be? Obama's unequivocal statements on the Gitmo closing are, shall we say, evolving: here's the newest stuff from this morning. ABC News: "I think it's going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do," Obama said in an exclusive "This Week" interview with George Stephanopoulos, his first since arriving in Washington. Translation, it's not going to happen this year. And ...
Obama: Gitmo Will Stay Open a Bit Longer
PoliGazette —
During an appearance at MSNBC’s This Week, President-Elect Barack Obama said he would most likely not be able to close Guantanamo Bay in his first 100 days in office, this despite promises to do so during the campaign.
“I think it’s going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do,” Obama said. “It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize,” the President-elect explained. “Part of the challenge that you have is that you have a bunch of folks that have been detained, many ...
This “Change” Business
Neptunus Lex —
Harder than it looks:
President-elect Barack Obama said this weekend that he does not expect to close Guantanamo Bay in his first 100 days in office.
“I think it’s going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do,” Obama said in an exclusive “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos, his first since arriving in Washington.
“It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize,” the president-elect explained.
Now ...
Obama: We will close Gitmo, just not in the first 100 days
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
I think that's fair. Obama raises a good point - we need to develop a real system of law in which we can try these people, we can't just shut down Gitmo and then say "oops, what we do with the guys being housed there?" ...
Obama: Gitmo Likely Won't Close in First 100 Days
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... is that you have a bunch of folks that have been detained, many of whom may be very dangerous who have not been put on trial or have not gone through some adjudication. And some of the evidence against them may be tainted even though it's true. And so how to balance creating a process that adheres to rule of law, habeas corpus, basic principles of Anglo-American legal system, by doing it in a way that doesn't result in releasing people who are intent on blowing us up." Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Economy/story?id=6619291...
Obama: “Everybody’s Going To Have To Give”
Say Anything —
Can we stop for a moment and admire just how wrong-headed Obama’s “everybody’s going to have to give” comment really is? Obama made the comment to George Stephanopoulos (video), suggesting that the road to economic recovery lays with Americans giving more to the government?
At a time when Americans are losing their jobs and struggling to pay their bills Barack Obama wants to make their bill for government larger. So that Obama and the rest of the politicians running the government can save us all, I guess.
But is increasing the burden of government on Americans in a time of ...
Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « More Great News Bush Admits He Ordered Torture … … for kicks. Hang on, that’s just the usual Think Progress nonsense. Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being told they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who ...
On Closing Gitmo: What Glenn Greenwald Won’t Talk About
PoliGazette —
Responding to reports that Obama is dealing with the practical problems of translating campaign promises into real-world policy-making, far-left purist Glenn Greenwald has another in his long series of screedsabout torture and Guantanemo Bay up today. But within the usual nest of multiple updates is a highly revealing line that gives dead away ...
Obama Won’t Immediately Close GTMO
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
Barack Obama told George Stephanopoulos he will eventually close Guantanamo Bay but not in his first 100 days in office:
“I think it’s going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do,” Obama said in an exclusive “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos, his first since arriving in Washington.
“It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize,” the president-elect explained.”
It ...
