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| News Date | Tuesday, January 20, 2009 03:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Iraq Withdrawal Also On Table
PETER NICHOLAS and CHRISTI PARSONS | Tribune Washington Bureau
January 20, 2009
In one of his first acts as president, Barack Obama is planning to lift a rule that prevents federal money from going to international family planning groups that counsel women on abortion or perform the procedure.
Obama's repeal of the abortion aid policy is one of several executive actions that he will take soon after his inauguration today, according to several Obama transition aides. He is also considering lifting Bush administration restrictions on federally funded stem cell research.
On Wednesday he is to meet with military advisers and order them to submit plans for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq within 16 months. That pledge was a staple of Obama's campaign speeches, and aides said he would follow through. But Obama also has pledged to heed advice from ground-level commanders, some of whom believe the 16-month timetable is too rushed.
Obama's team also is reviewing scores of rules and regulations set in motion by Bush administration officials as President George W. Bush's term wound down, the aides said, with an eye toward putting them on hold until the review is completed.
On the eve of Obama's inauguration, aides were still plotting out the schedule under which the 44th president would make specific announcements. But one date that has special significance in the debate over funding for international family planning groups is Jan. 22 — the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. |
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