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Tag cloud of Obama’s back-to-school speech
Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 8th, at 12:00 PM EST) President Obama will give a speech to the nation's children in Arlington, VA encouraging students to take personal responsibility for their education. The White House has released the speech early because of some controversy raised by conservatives accusing the president of "trying to indoctrinate their children with socialist ideas." As you can see by the tag cloud below, the President's speech is about education, responsibility and school, nothing more.
President Obama Halts Guantanamo Trials
Yesterday, President Obama issued orders to halt the pending Guantanamo trials for 120 days. This would temporarily stop the proceedings of the remaining twenty-one cases. Obama has guaranteed that he will close the Guantanamo prison camp. As the trials will be suspended until May 20, the new administration would have some time to assess the cases. At present, there are 245 foreign prisoners held at the prison camp. If you like to read the full article, it is available in The New York Times. Recently, Human Rights Watch “called upon the new administration to ensure the rights of detainees at Guantanamo who have been slated for release but who cannot be returned home for fear of torture or persecution.” In November 2008, the organization published a briefing paper, Fighting Terrorism Fairly and Effectively: Recommendations for President-Elect Barack Obama, which outlined eleven steps that the new administration should take to change the counterterrorism practices of the United States. Continue reading
Cloud of Obama’s inauguration speech
Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th President of the United States! The Web is abuzz with energy ad hope. Below is a tag cloud of Obama's inauguration speech. Let's hope that this positive energy transfers into our own community and spurs libraries on to do better things, build better collections, and better serve our readers. (Update 7PM PST: I updated the tag cloud without the term "applause." Thanks for the commenter who pointed that out. JRJ)
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