Jan 20 2009
Obama White House to be Full Speed Ahead!
Full Speed Ahead is obvious from the new White House web site that was up and running within a few seconds of the new President’s inauguration.
A visit to the new site convincingly reveals how quickly and efficiently this new Administration intends to operate. I look forward to the “First 100 Days.”
The Obama Agenda is one of the best new pages to examine. (There is a menu bar at the top of the page.) You will find two dozen topics that have fully developed positions and goals. Incredible! 
The new web site also features an updated biography of the new President and Michelle Obama, and of Vice President Biden and his wife, Jill.
Over all, it is a VERY professional web site. It firmly announces two things: (1) We have Arrived! (2) We mean business!
One of the new President’s likely first acts in the next few days will be an Executive Order to close down the Guantanamo detention facility. The closure will not occur overnight, but the order could come almost immediately. Part of the problem facing the incoming Administration is what to do with the detainees. The fact is: nobody wants them. No country in the World would be willing to “hold on” to these people while their cases are adjudicated. Most of the remaining detainees are very dangerous. The problem is presenting evidence and establishing a viable case for prosecution.
Some of those who were already released as not being a threat, have, in fact, rejoined terrorist organizations and do pose a future threat. The United States will probably end up bringing all the detainees to United States facilities. This will entitle them to new rights and legal remedies. They can’t be held indefinitely without being charged and taken to trial. This will be a sticky issue for President Obama.
