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Guantanamo manoeuvres - Admin - 03-12-2009 09:36 AM
WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH - DAY 51
1738 EST Guantanamo manoeuvres
It's slow progress, but Team Obama are inching their way towards the goal of closing down Guantanamo.
Attorney General Eric Holder has today named two officials to lead a Task Force reviewing interrogation and detention policy.
More announcements could follow - including the possible appointment of a Special Envoy specifically charged with closing down the prison camp.
The name in the frame is Dan Fried - currently the senior US diplomat dealing with Europe. The hope is that Mr Fried can utilise his contacts on the continent.
But getting European countries to agree to resettle detainees - at least the ones cleared for release - will not prove easy. Mr Fried should know - he was part of the Bush administration that tried and largely failed.
While everyone in Europe thinks it's a smashing idea to close down Guantanamo, they are hardly falling over each other to make it happen.
1236 EST G20 agenda
President Obama has set out his priorities for the forthcoming G20 summit in London.
He described the summit as a critical meeting at a critical time, and said that no matter what reforms the United States puts in place, a continuing deterioration in the global economy would set America back.
With that in mind he said he had two goals for the G20; to press for concerted international action to jumpstart the world economy and overhaul the regulations governing the financial industry.
Although he didn't criticise other nations directly he made clear he expected them to follow America's lead in putting large-scale fiscal stimulus measures in place. The US Congress has already approved a spending package worth almost eight hundred billion dollars and leading members of the Democratic party have suggested further such measures may yet be required.
He also warned against the dangers of protectionism, saying it's important for countries to continue to embrace world trade and ensure that emerging markets remain stable.
0930 EST Doing too much?
World News America presenter Matt Frei takes a look at President Obama's ambitious policy agenda and asks - has he bitten off more than he can chew?
RE: Guantanamo manoeuvres - 1894 - 03-12-2009 09:55 AM
Quote:Guantanamo manoeuvres
WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH - DAY 51
1738 EST Guantanamo manoeuvres
It's slow progress, but Team Obama are inching their way towards the goal of closing down Guantanamo.
A fools move in my opinion.