Obama blocks list of visitors to White House
MSNBC Wednesday, June 17, 2009 The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com’s request for the names of all White House visitors from Jan. 20 to the present.
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Obama Says He Can’t Bring Change Because “We Don’t Want to Tilt at Windmills”
George Washington Blog Wednesday, June 17, 2009 America elected Obama because he promised to bring change, including a change to the financial system. But, as the New York Times reports : The president’s [economic reform] plan results from many compromises with industry executives and lawmakers, and is not as bold as some had hoped
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Former official: Obama’s CIA director ‘captured’ by ‘ideological drivers’ for torture
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Fresh protest under way in Tehran
BBC News Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Tens of thousands of people have again taken to the streets in Iran’s capital Tehran in protest at election results. It follows a call by presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi for further peaceful demonstrations. An even larger protest is expected on Thursday, which Mr Mousavi says should be a day of mourning for the eight people killed after Monday’s protest
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