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Obama's Latest Executive Order

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — With the stroke of his pen, President Barack Obama has sacked souvenirs federal agencies buy with taxpayer money to promote their w...

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Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Worthington

Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.

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Obama Stem Cell Research Executive Order Signing

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is delivering remarks and signing an executive order lifting the ban on federal funding for stem cell research as well as a memorandum...

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Obama Hosts Labor Leaders; Will Undo Bush Orders

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in...

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Behind The Scenes: Obama Worked For Over A Year On Ending Torture

New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, President Barack Obama consigned to history the worst excesses of the Bush Administration's "war on terror." One of the four executive or...

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Israel: On the Right Side of History

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Zelinsky

The Israeli Supreme Court defended the rights of Israel's two Arab parties, Balad and the United Arab List, to stand for election, overturning a vote by Israel's Central Election Committee.

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The Right's New Stab in the Back Myth

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The right is preparing a new stab-in-the-back legend to paint the Obama administration as consisting of a bunch of cowardly liberals unable to stand up to terrorism.

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Obama Executive Order Would Close Guantanamo Bay In A Year, AP Reports

AP | LARA JAKES and DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will begin overhauling U.S. national security policy Thursday with orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detent...

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Obama May Reverse Abortion Policy Through Executive Order: CNN

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama is considering issuing an executive order to reverse a controversial Bush administration abortion policy in his first wee...

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