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Where is the Change I Believed In?

December 18, 2009
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President Barack Obama campaigned on the power of hope.  We supported his dream for America — and what we thought was the dream for us.  For many of us, hope is all that is left now that reality has slapped us in the face.  In recent days we have seen the administration discount some of [...]

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President Barack Obama Accepts Nobel Prize

December 10, 2009
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President Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech:
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations – that for all the cruelty and hardship of our [...]

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Food Safety System “Hazard to Public Health”

March 14, 2009

Well, thank goodness! President Obama has realized that one of the threats to Americans is our food safety… and the FDA.
Calling the U.S. food safety system a “hazard to public health,” President Barack Obama on Saturday named a new head of the Food and Drug Administration to start overhauling it.
See his weekly address to the [...]

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The First Week of Change: A Review

January 24, 2009

This first partial week of the new administration has set a precedent.  From the Oval Office:

A halt was called to the military tribunals for 120 days while the process is under review.
We will not torture.
We will close Guantanamo within a year.
We will follow the Army Field Manual during interrogations.
CIA secret prisons will be closed.
Discussion of [...]

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The Eagle Has Landed (At Last)

January 4, 2009

Barack Obama arrived in Washington, DC this evening. His family arrived yesterday.

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Brennan Removes Name from Top Intelligence Post

November 25, 2008

While most of us are willing to compromise on most issues, some seem to cross the line of support.
A former senior U.S. intelligence official Tuesday withdrew from consideration for a top intelligence post in the new Obama administration amid protests from liberal groups linking him to the Bush administration’s “enhanced interrogation” and secret transfers of [...]

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Barack Obama Introduces New Staff and Smarter Government

November 25, 2008

The qualifications from change.gov:
Peter Orszag, Office of Management and Budget Director
Peter Orszag currently serves as the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), overseeing the agency’s work in providing objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses of economic and budgetary issues — supervising the numerous analytical papers and cost estimates that the agency produces and, to present [...]

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Barack Obama and His Economic Team

November 24, 2008

Today’s Announcements:
Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Geithner currently serves as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he has played a key role in formulating the nation’s monetary policy. He joined the Department of the Treasury in 1988 and has served three presidents. From 1999 to 2001, he [...]

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Barack Obama to Grow Grass Roots

November 20, 2008

For all of us who supported President-Elect Barack Obama, particularly some of us older voters, it has come as a pleasant surprise that at least for now Barack Obama’s team is still watering the grass roots.
Following the announcement of Obama’s election on November 4th an email was sent out, before his Grant Park [...]

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Gitmo Close to Gone?

November 17, 2008

Last night President-Elect Barack Obama stated dring the 60 Minutes interview with Steve Croft that closing Guantanamo and making certain the United States did not torture prisoners were top priorities. Below is the clip from 60 Minutes on Obama’s views on the Presidency:
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Today on Democracy Now! more came to light about [...]

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