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Published: Mon, 27 Apr 2009
Description: President Obama changes country's approach to counterterrorism in his first 100 days
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" This weekend President Obama reaches the 100 day mark this week traditionally a time for the first progress report on new administration. Tonight White House correspondent Mike Emanuel looks at how the president has been changing the country's approach to counterterrorism."
" Right off the bat President Obama kept campaign pledge to shut down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay brought Koppel will be close. No way. From now one Zarate served as President Bush's deputy National Security Adviser for combating terrorism. It notes Mr. Bush want to close Guantanamo too and face the same dilemma."
" You have hard and trained al-Qaeda connected individuals. Who are in Guantanamo and there is not an easy solution is to where they should go or what process should attend to them."
" The Obama team early on made it clear the new administration would try changing tone secretary of state Clinton said about the war on terror quote. The administration has stopped using the phrase and I think that speaks for itself. Former Vice President Dick Cheney said dropping war on terror suggest the country is no longer at war."
" One of the worst things we can do is start to act now as though the yeah. Attack of 9/11 -- a thing of the past will never be repeated that's just not true of such as no more determine when there's no more war on terror according to Janet Napolitano -- that. That terrorist attacks -- we have manmade disasters."
" Soon the president focused on Iraq. Today. I've come to speak to -- about how the war in Iraq. Will it. At camp Lejeune mr. Obama revealed he would not stick to his campaign promise to end the war in sixteen months instead compromising with his top commanders on a nineteen month time line. Let me say this as plainly as -- By August 31. 2010. Our combat mission in Iraq War and the commander in chief's first authorization of the use of force came with pirates holding American captain Richard Phillips on April 12 -- snipers took out three of the four pirates holding Phillips off the coast of Somalia at dusk. The one surviving -- was brought to New York to be prosecuted in American federal courts."
" He needs to be given credit administration as the credit. Given credit for allowing the professionals do their job and to do well."
" Then came arguably the biggest shift in policy with the new administration when President Obama released top secret memos about CIA interrogation techniques. He went to the CIA to explain why."
" I acted primarily because of the exceptional circumstances. That surrounded these numbers. Particularly the fact that so much of the information. Was public."
" Critics call this a national security disaster of the decision. To release these memos. Is quite literally the most irresponsible and dangerous thing American president has done its first hundred. The information contained in these men. Is the keys to how we interrogate and question terrorist. Alice against Fresno bottle -- high marks on national security issues when he listens to his commanders and intelligence professionals and predict he will do poorly when he allows more political aides to influence his decisions. The White House Mike Emanuel Fox News. We have a whole section on."
" President's first 100 days on foxnews.com. Just go on the website here. And put down the cap down to first 100 days full coverage. It will take you to a section where you can see. A host of stories and special report many other stories we also have. Some new Fox News polls and some other boats that tie in to the 100 days issues will be sure to check this out Fox News that --"
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