What is Obama doing? » lobbyism http://www.whatisobamadoing.com Keeping Track of Barack Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:13:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Day 1: Off to a running start http://www.whatisobamadoing.com/2009/01/21/day-1/ http://www.whatisobamadoing.com/2009/01/21/day-1/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:21:30 +0000 Niklas http://www.whatisobamadoing.com/?p=9 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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