Thumbs up or thumbs down for Obama's 100 days
April 29th 2009 10:24
Is it a thumbs up or a thumbs down for President Obama as he completes a 100 days in office? What are his achievements as he marks this milestone?
"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America" - this is what US President Barack Obama told the massive crowd gathered on the National Mall for his inauguration, on January 20, 2009.
100 days after he said that, some believe he's done quite a bit. Obama has ordered closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, reworked interrogation policies for terror suspects and promised to pull out majority of troops in Iraq by 2010. And to revive the sagging economy, a 787 billion bailout package plus rescue plans for the banking, auto and real estate sectors.
"I think it's dangerous when Barack Obama claims and embraces the idea that the president gets to act like a Roman dictator for economic affairs, restructuring the commanding heights of the economy...
"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America" - this is what US President Barack Obama told the massive crowd gathered on the National Mall for his inauguration, on January 20, 2009.
100 days after he said that, some believe he's done quite a bit. Obama has ordered closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, reworked interrogation policies for terror suspects and promised to pull out majority of troops in Iraq by 2010. And to revive the sagging economy, a 787 billion bailout package plus rescue plans for the banking, auto and real estate sectors.
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