news.yahoo.com - 11/10/2008
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AP - President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.
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agitprop.typepad.com - 11/9/2008
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Looks like I get my wish : Transition
advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list...
of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse the president on climate change, stem cell ...
(more)
the mother of all executive orders
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He'll Sign His Name and ::POOF::: It's All Gone
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
... to make such announcements . The way this John Podesta states this makes it look like Obama will take office and just willy nilly undo everything that has been done in the past eight years. I hope for the sake of "reaching across the aisle" that he carefully reviews each of these decisions before he proceeds to do the reverse simply because it was initiated under a Republican, rather than because he feels it is the best decision (whether or not we agree with it). "John Podesta, Obama's transition chief, said Sunday Obama is reviewing President Bush's executive orders on those ...
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... Podesta also said Obama is working to build a diverse Cabinet. That includes reaching out to Republicans and independents — part of the broad coalition that supported Obama during the race against Republican John McCain. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been mentioned as a possible holdover. ...
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