His fans in the U.S. media never tire of Barack Obama to a great start to certify in his presidency. It seems to them to have anything yet, and this would justify even the smallest itty-compromising their belief that Obama is the greatest U.S. president ever.
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broke a rule that was sacred to both Ronald Reagan and for George W. Bush: The Oval Office out of respect always enter full work clothes (including jacket and tie). One of the first photos showing Obama phoning the desk in the Oval Office - without the jacket. Whether this is what has to roll up your sleeves or disrespectful, everyone can decide for themselves.
Now she is so low - the Executive Order to close the prison camp on Guantanamo Bay. It states that the closure as soon as possible and no later should also take place in a year. Much of what is in this Executive Order is quite vague. It is said that for those who may have committed a crime, yet must be first found out how they can best be viewed at law. In general must first be checked for each prisoner, what did he say to answer for. After all that we hear so, the prisoners at Gitmo are probably divided into three camps: Some are innocent, when they were arrested so only at the wrong time, wrong place. Even the Bush administration would like to release these prisoners, but they face torture in their home countries, so they could not be dismissed (so much for the inhuman USA). The second group includes people who have committed an offense and for which one must find appropriate legal proceedings. The Bush administration has created the so-called Militärkommisssionen. The third group includes people who Rumsfeld once called "the worst of the worst" monsters like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 11th as the "mastermind" of the September is.
For all three groups must therefore be found out first how to proceed in future with the relevant people and will, before one can speak of the closure Gitmos cocky. Before the Obama Administration therefore is still some work and whether the timetable can be met by a year, more than questionable. It is also conceivable that Obama with this Executive wanted to maintain order once the left wing of the Dems from the collar and Gitmo are still there in two years, while this blog had nothing einzuwänden.
Lustig is also, as members of Congress in the GOP proposals on offer, but the Gitmo prisoners to be accommodated in Democratic constituencies, if the Dems want to close Gitmo already. The latest proposal is to bring the prisoners to Alcatraz, located in Nancy Pelosi's constituency. Pelosi is also, however, "not amused".
sensation has a report from the Pentagon, according to 61 former Gitmo inmates who were released from prison, again are "backsliding" become. In 18 of them had been established that them back on the battlefields of jihad on the road. And if it had been only one, that would have been too much. So much for the widespread assumption that the Gitmo inmates are not yet so bad.
Also in the field of counterterrorism measures the Bush Administration (eavesdropping, interrogations, etc.) wants to force Obama to make cuts.
How then should look to make Obama ever taken on a few questions after the next terrorist attack has struck the United States. If he thinks that is, the media will remember it because they themselves have called for these cuts, he has cut himself.
In a meeting with congressional leaders of both parties Obama has said the Republicans clear where the rubber meets the road. It will went to the stimulus package that put Obama on his way. It is true that the Democrats in both houses of Congress, the majority, Obama wishes to reach a broad consensus in Congress to shift the blame for a failure of the stimulus package on the Republicans can. When did the GOP Congress leaders Obama make their concerns about the economic stimulus package clearly, Obama gave them to understand that he is ultimately the president and said, "I won". So that's the new era of bipartisanship and cooperation in Washington. The Republicans do not like, especially the high cost of the proposed Act and besides, they complain that even those who should get tax cuts that pay no income taxes.
This blog is easy to imagine that Bush has said Obama at one of their meetings a few cautionary measures for the U.S. press. And indeed seem Obama and his cheerleaders in the media already be there, to live apart. Already in these first days of the Obama presidency, there were two awkward situations: On his first full day in office, Obama broke with tradition, the press photographers in the Oval Office to take pictures of the new president to leave. Instead, the new administration only published photos that were taken by photographers of the White House. Then rejected the news agencies Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse declined to publish these photos.
A few days later the following happened: Obama made a spontaneous flying visit to the premises of the White House Press Corps. He knows these journalists not so good, why he was forgiven, that he really believed that to be able to stay there even five minutes without suffering any political questions would be asked. When a journalist asked how Obama can reconcile it with his principle that he would hire no lobbyists in his administration, that was scheduled for the Office of the Vice-Verteidigungsminsters lobbyist William Lynn, responded Obama slightly scratched and said he had not come to answer questions. Well, it true that questions are asked, the good man is just not normal. During the campaign the journalist's questions is yes rather, "How are you today, Senator?"
also be posted to the website of the Obama White House are no transcripts of the daily press - in contrast to the time when Bush was still the boss.
It's nice to see that Obama has promised openness and transparency is in fact collected in the White House. Way to go, Mr. President.
