He has announced the closing of Gitmo, has signed the first federal law for equal pay for women, he has reversed the freeze on federal funding of stem cell research and he has restored funding to thousands of rural health clinics in poor parts of the world. Not a bad week.|||A republican is no longer the president.|||Change? Haha! That%26#039;s funny|||He%26#039;s off to a great start.
鈥?Won approval of the second $350 billion *before* taking office.
鈥?VP Biden already made his first foreign trip *before* taking office.
鈥?Ordered the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, with 16 retired generals and admirals standing behind him in support.
鈥?Ordered a pay freeze of his top staff.
鈥?Ordered stricter controls on lobbyists in government.
鈥?Ordered compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
鈥?Confined interrogation techniques to those in the Army Field Manual
鈥?Ordered a review of auto emissions standards.
鈥?Met with GOP leaders of both Houses of Congress to improve the stimulus package.
鈥?Did an interview with Al Arabiya TV, improving our reputation in the Arab/Muslim world.
鈥?Talked to every leader in the Middle East.
鈥?Named George Mitchell special envoy to the Middle East. Mitchell is already on the scene.
鈥?Got most of his cabinet confirmed.
鈥?Made family planning advice more available to women in Africa.
鈥?Met with top business leaders, who endorsed his stimulus plan.
鈥?Geithner put limits on lobbying from bank who receive TARP money (something Paulson could have easily done.)
鈥?Signed equal pay legislation
鈥?Condemned Wall Street bonuses
鈥?Ordered federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change, and made it more difficult for federal contractors to discourage union activities.
鈥?Released federal aid to fix power outages.
鈥?Provided healthcare to 4 million poor children.
鈥?Created a Middle Class Task Force, led by Joe Biden (www.whitehouse.gov/strongmiddleclass/)|||Sorry, he is only one man, not the messiah|||The War on Terror is now officially the Struggle Against Terror....can%26#039;t wait for the final version.|||For sure, BO has already caused change. Of course this pertains to how quickly he has inflated the national tax burden. It took previous presidents much longer to bring us all to our knees financially.
