President Obama gets right back to work after Inauguration festivities signing some pretty serious executive orders. The first, a salary freeze on top executive branch officials (such as the national security adviser, press secretary, and White House counsel) earning more than $100,000 per year. Says President Obama, "Families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington."
The second act declared Guantanamo Bay and other secret prisons abroad to close within a year. The act also banned harsh interrogation methods, such as waterboarding, and directed interrogators to follow the guidelines in the Army Field manual which explicitly ban threats, coercion, waterboarding, and physical abuse.
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The second act declared Guantanamo Bay and other secret prisons abroad to close within a year. The act also banned harsh interrogation methods, such as waterboarding, and directed interrogators to follow the guidelines in the Army Field manual which explicitly ban threats, coercion, waterboarding, and physical abuse.
"The message that we are sending the world is that the United States intends to prosecute the ongoing struggle against violence and terrorism and we are going to do so vigilantly and we are going to do so effectively and we are going to do so in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals," the president said.I think little Sasha says it all.
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