… that would give Brian Harradine the shits:
President Obama plans to sign an executive order today reversing a Bush-era policy banning federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, according to the Associated Press.
UPDATE, 4:40 pm: The president has signed the executive order.
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… you can see the innards of:
US President Barack Obama [official profile] on Wednesday issued the first executive orders of his presidency, focusing on White House ethics and transparency. The Executive Order on Presidential Records [text] grants broader public access to the records of previous presidential administrations, reversing restrictions implemented by former President George W. [...]
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Those United States just might become a nation of laws:
President Obama on Thursday signed into effect the Executive Order directing the closing of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The final Order, containing his signature, is here.
… a plan for, first, a full-scale review of the case of each of the remaining 245 or [...]
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Posted in Politics abroad, tagged Barack Obama, US politics on Wednesday, 21 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Game on:
One of President Barack Obama’s first acts is to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them.
The order went out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Obama was inaugurated president, in a memorandum signed by new White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
Game on Mk II:
The U.S. moved Tuesday to [...]
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The worst Presidency ever is finished, and a guy who appears capable of restoring the rule of law and doing some good has been sworn in.
Full text of the inaugural address is here. It was a solid speech – not the most stirring one Obama has delivered, but appropriate for the occasion and the times. [...]
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President-Elect Barack Obama had asked to have the use of Blair House, the official guest-house of the President, when his family moved to Washington this week so that his girls could start school. Unfortunately, the place had already booked through to 15th January – when it is made available for the incoming President to inhabit [...]
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Today’s updates on Cabinet appointments:
Tapped: Hillary Clinton for State.
Pegged: Timothy Geithner for Treasury.
UPDATE: Tapped twice and untapped? Bill Richardson for Commerce or State, Clinton perhaps not.
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The President-Elect has a web site up and running.
Rahm Emanuel has been picked as White House Chief of Staff, allowing everyone to continue talking about West Wing parallels (Emanuel was a source of inspiration for the character of Josh Lyman, who became Matt Santos’s Chief of Staff) – it’s probably time for Joe Biden to [...]
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Posted in Politics abroad, tagged Barack Obama, election, US politics on Wednesday, 5 November, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So it’s done. Congratulations, President-Elect.
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What a difference two years and a well-run campaign makes.
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