Terrorists Test Obama's Pledge

[unhappycamper]

Terrorists Test Obama's Pledge
January 25, 2009
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's pledge of bipartisan cooperation with Congress will be tested as he tries to fulfill a campaign promise to close Guantanamo Bay and establish a new system for prosecuting suspected terrorists.

The undertaking is an ambitious one. Fraught with legal complexities, it gives Republicans ample opportunity to score political points if he doesn't get it right. There's also the likelihood of a run-in with his former rival, Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war who before running for president staked his career on overhauling the nation's detainee policies.

"We look forward to working with the president and his administration on these issues, keeping in mind that the first priority of the U.S. government is to guarantee the security of the American people," McCain, R-Ariz., said in a joint statement with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

In his first week in office, Obama ordered Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to be closed within a year, CIA secret prisons shuttered and abusive interrogations ended.

So far, Obama's team has given every indication it will engage lawmakers, including Republicans, on the issue.


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[The Wielding Truth]

1. McCain is a fool, and his opinions aren't worth the time given them.

[tom_paine]

2. WTF kind of Bushie False Reality headline is that? "Terrorists Test Obama Pledge"

The Bushie Fuck who snuck that in, and was probably handsomely paid for it, must be gleeful today.

Sounds like ol' Obama's workin' with terrorists, just like Little Sarah Palin said.

Have I mentioned lately that the Bushies, almost from top to bottom are NOTHING but the kinder and gentler reincarnation of the Nazis They also bear striking resemblence to the Apartheid Afrinkaeners and our own KKK, from which many of their followers spring

I am not speaking of racism here, but of everything else besides violence, which the Bushie Followers for the moment are hiding in the usual codespeak and dreams (now postponed but not dead) of a Final Solution to the Liberal Problem.