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Military Leaders to Be Among Obama’s First Priorities
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 18, 2009 08:23pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, January 19, 2009 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By BRIAN KNOWLTON
Published: January 18, 2009
WASHINGTON — On his first full day in office, Mr. Obama will order American military leaders to plan the speedy withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq and will direct his economic advisers to do everything possible to avert a prolonged downturn and double-digit unemployment, his top aides said Sunday.
Within the first week, he might also issue executive orders calling for the closure of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba even though the process might take time, Robert Gibbs, the incoming press secretary, told “Fox News Sunday.”
“We’ve talked about banning torture and closing Guantanamo, the process by which that will happen,” Mr. Gibbs said. In addition, Mr. Obama would issue executive orders tightening ethics and transparency rules affecting current and outgoing government workers.
“I think those are probably the big things that could happen as early as the first week,” Mr. Gibbs said.
Mr. Obama, in a taped interview with CNN, said that he said he would do his best to ensure that taxpayer moneys are spent transparently and with sufficient oversight that “the American people know exactly how the money’s being used.”
David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, said that the new president would move quickly to address violence and instability in the Middle East. He told ABC’s "This Week" that of the recent cease-fire between Israel and militants in Gaza, “Let me say that all of us are hopeful that a cessation of violence will hold.”
He added: “I think that the events around the world demand that he act quickly, and I think you’ll see him act quickly.” |
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