Obama meets with military advisors, orders closure of Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON. – “Change” was a campaign slogan for Barack Obama the candidate, and it’s now policy for President Obama.
Thursday he ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center an end to torture as an interrogation technique.
The president is looking forward, but last night had to take one step back.
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At the White House President Obama re-took his oath of office, just to be safe.
On Inauguration Day Chief Justice John Roberts recited from memory and misplaced the word ‘faithfully’.
With that historic hiccup out of the way the new President is back to the business of changing White House business as usual.
At a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, the President’s choice for Director of National Intelligence, retired Admiral Dennis Blair, renounced torture as an interrogation technique.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was confirmed yesterday, got a warm welcome on her first day at the office.
She promised to change U.S. relations with the world and make Washington itself a bit more diplomatic.
“We are not any longer going to tolerate the kind of divisiveness that has paralyzed and undermined our ability to get things done for America,” she told State Department staffers.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move forward with President Obama’s choice for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner.
The committee voted 18-5 in favor of Geithner’s nomination, and it now moves to a full Senate vote.
