Day 1: Off to a running start
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Obama starts his first day in office like follows:
- Before he even leaves home he halts the military tribunal processes at Guantánamo Bay.
- As soon as he gets in he phones several arab leaders, namely the leaders of Egypt (Hosni Mubarak), Israel (Ehud Olmert), Jordan (King Hussein) and the palestinian Fatah party (Mahmoud Abbas).
- He immediately froze salaries for senior White House staffers and implemented strict guidelines to prevent lobbyists from gaining influence over and positions within regulatory bodies.
- Releases a brand new White House website complete with a blog in order to start making true of his pledge of government openness. Most of the material on the site is also now licensed freely under Creative Commons.
- Met with top military advisers to discuss the withdrawal of all american troops from Iraq within 160 days.
- Convening with his economy staff to boot up the stimulus package.
This surely is off to a pretty good start!
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