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whitehouse.gov - 1/20/2009

Foreign Policy

— whitehouse.gov — Afghanistan: Obama and Biden will refocus American resources on the greatest threat to our security -- the... resurgence of al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They will increase our troop levels in Afghanistan, press our allies in NATO ... (more) Foreign Policy

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nybooks.com - 1/22/2009

Pakistan in Peril - The New York Review of Books

— nybooks.com — Volume 56, Number 2 · February 12, 2009 Pakistan in Peril By William Dalrymple Descent into Chaos:... The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid Viking, 484 pp., $27.95 Lahore, ... (more) Pakistan in Peril - The New York Review of Books

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news.yahoo.com - 1/22/2009

Obama orders Guantanamo's closure within a year - Yahoo! News

— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the closure of the Guantanamo military prison within a... year and a halt to harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, moving quickly to restore the U.S. image abroad. The executive order ... (more) Obama orders Guantanamo's closure within a year - ...

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Obama Re-Examines the President's Power to Disappear Enemies
Hit & Run — ... In addition to issuing executive orders that restrict the interrogation techniques used by U.S. personnel, call for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year, and in the meantime require reviews of the cases against the detainees held there, President Obama today ordered a review of the government's policy concerning the detention of legal residents designated as enemy combatants because of alleged ties to terrorism. Specifically, he signed a ...

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Political Animal — ... will know how they are being treated. But the fact that the ICRC will know where any such detainees are being held might be even more important. This order says: no keeping ghost prisoners in undisclosed locations. No more prisoners whose families do not know whether they are alive or dead. No making people simply disappear. I also like the broad language: as I read it, this covers detention facilities operated by contractors as well as US government employees. One last point: the Washington Post writes: "Just hours after his inauguration Tuesday, Obama ordered the ...

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Obsidian Wings — ... One last point: the Washington Post writes: "Just hours after his inauguration Tuesday, Obama ordered the suspension of all judicial proceedings at ...