Washington, Jan. 22 : President Barack Obama on Thursday will order the closure of so-called black sites, where CIA and European security services have interrogated terrorist suspects.
Executive orders dismantling much of the Bush administration''s architecture for the war on terror, says Obama will shutter "all permanent detention facilities overseas."
According to the four individuals involved with the process, the orders have not yet been signed.
Washington, Jan. 22 : President Barack Obama retook his oath of office inside the White House on Wednesday after he and Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled over the language the first time.
According to Fox News, some constitutional scholars had suggested that Obama re-take the oath just to be on the safe side.
Obama did not substantively change any language on Tuesday, but after Roberts flubbed some of the wording, the new president used language different from that prescribed in the Constitution.
London, January 22 : The first black U. S. President, Barack Obama, may be on his way to create yet another history - becoming the first sitting President to use e-mail.
He has been given the green light for retaining his favourite BlackBerry during this presidency, say reports.
The smartphone to be given to the 44th U. S. President will be a spy-proof one.
Obama's close advisers and government agents had been delaying a decision on whether he should be allowed to use Blackberry while in office.
Washington - Opposition Republicans on Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama's proposals to stimulate the US economy, and legislators in the House of Representatives said they were seeking a meeting with the newly inaugurated Obama.
An 825-billion-dollar economic stimulus package is making its way through Congress. Obama has said he wants input from all sides, in keeping with his campaign promises to reach across partisan lines as president.
Washington - Incoming US President Barack Obama signalled a "new era" of transparency, accountability and rule of law in his administration, signing a series of ethics-related directives on his first full day in the White House Wednesday.
"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency," Obama said during a signing ceremony, which also included the swearing-in of Obama's senior White House staff.
Washington - After dancing at inaugural balls well into the night, President Barack Obama and wife Michelle were up early Wednesday morning for a broad interfaith prayer service that included leaders from four different faiths.
The pallette of ethnic and religious identities went beyond the 220-year-old tradition of the post-inaugural service, with remarks from Uma Mysorekar of the Hindu Temple Society of North America, Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, two Jewish Rabbis and several Christian pastors.
Washington, Jan. 22 : President Barack Obama on Thursday will order the closure of so-called black sites, where CIA and European security services have interrogated terrorist suspects.
Washington, Jan. 22 : President Barack Obama retook his oath of office inside the White House on Wednesday after he and Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled over the language the first time.
London, January 22 : The first black U. S. President, Barack Obama, may be on his way to create yet another history - becoming the first sitting President to use e-mail.
Washington - Opposition Republicans on Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama's proposals to stimulate the US economy, and legislators in the House of Representatives said they were seeking a meeting with the newly inaugurated Obama.
Washington - Incoming US President Barack Obama signalled a "new era" of transparency, accountability and rule of law in his administration, signing a series of ethics-related directives on his first full day in the White House Wednesday.
Washington - After dancing at inaugural balls well into the night, President Barack Obama and wife Michelle were up early Wednesday morning for a broad interfaith prayer service that included leaders from four different faiths.
