Obama keeps promises on his first day
In his first full day in office, President Obama kept several campaign promises on ethics and fulfilled a well-known pledge on the Iraq war.
His first executive orders followed through on three promises Obama made during the campaign:
closing the revolving door
on lobbyists in government,
banning lobbyist gifts
for executive employees, and requiring
new hires to affirm
that they did not receive their positions based on political influence or contributions.
Obama also met with military commanders in Iraq. “During the discussion, I asked the military leadership to engage in additional planning
necessary to execute a responsible military drawdown
from Iraq,” Obama said in a statement issued after the meeting.
So he’s already earned four Promise Kept ratings on our Obameter in a single day.
On the day he was inaugurated, the Obama administration took a major step toward his promise
to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
when it directed prosecutors to file a motion seeking to suspend legal proceedings against detainees. So we’re moving that one to In the Works.
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