Barack Obama faced Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes. Two months in to his presidency, Obama talked about closing Gitmo, deflected recent criticism from Dick Cheney and described sending more troops to Afghanistan as the hardest decision he’s had to make.
That’s what I always thought it said! I was surprised (and a little disappointed) to discover this was a misheard lyric.
President Barack Obama gave his first major TV interview to Arab station Al Arabiya. His message to the Muslim world: “Americans are not your enemy.”
The new president’s policies and staff bear a striking resemblance to ABC’s now-defunct West Wing television series.
January 21 checklist: Read note from #43, not business as usual, new missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, call world leaders (Olmert and Abbas first), limit lobbyist access, engagement with Iran, close Gitmo…
