Quick and Easy Decisions to Effect Incredible Change
From the Telegraph’s Barack Obama to end US army’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy towards gays: “The change of policy on homosexuality will allow gays to serve openly in all branches of the armed forces. The move is expected to be among a series of symbolic changes he will push through quickly to stamp his mark on the presidency…Mr Obama has committed to closing the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay and will formally ban all interrogative techniques that could be described as torture, such as waterboarding. It is expected that he will also reverse Mr Bush’s orders restricting the distribution of funds for stem cell research and to overseas groups that offer abortion counselling. [If Bush gets all of this done by the end of January, and gets his stimulus package passed, it'll be a hell of a first 10 days]“