Posted on 11/06/2008 1:04:53 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to reverse or sharply modify many of the Bush administration's policies. Based on his campaign promises, here are some key areas where changes are expected.
Foreign policy * Defense Obama pledges to withdraw US combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. But when and how he extricates troops from Iraq may depend on a security pact with Iraqi lawmakers, who are pressing to have all US forces out of the cities by next summer, and out of the country by the end of 2011. In Afghanistan, Obama has said he would add about 7,000 troops to the US force of 31,000. Pentagon officials are poised to more than double that increase - saying they need 15,000 to 20,000 more troops in Afghanistan.
* Diplomacy Obama will inherit foreign policy challenges involving Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. He has said he would place a premium on diplomacy over the use of force to solve disputes, and his stated willingness to talk with leaders like those in Iran, Syria and North Korea, may result in increased diplomatic activity in areas including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
* Terrorism The Justice Department will reexamine all surveillance, interrogation, and detainee policies to see whether any should be changed. Obama has said he wants to close the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, meaning he must decide whether terror suspects held there now should face military or civilian trials if they are moved to US jails. Obama advisers say he may review the department's newly approved guidelines that could let the FBI investigate Americans in national security cases without evidence of a crime, based in part on their ethnicity or religion.
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This reminds me, a few nights before the election someone on here put together a list of maybe 10 things Obama was going to do if he won. I thought I’d saved it, but now can’t find it. Tried to search it, but since I don’t remember the thread in which it appeared, I’m having no luck....just wonder if anyone remembers it.
I am sure a shamesty bill would pass in the Senate, but there is chance it could be stopped in the House.
Ps. Stock market is down 10% post election.
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