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Barack Obama's First 100 Days in Office - 2009
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US President Barack Obama reflects during a budget meeting in the Roosevelt Room
President Obama Marks First 100 Days in Office
PRESIDENT OBAMA MARKS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE
As President Obama marks his 100th day in office today (29 April) it would seem that most people are happy with the job that he has done so far.
According to the most recent national polls more than six in 10 Americans have given the President the thumbs up.
When he was elected Obama promised a sweeping change in U.S. policies at home and abroad.
Now that his initial 100 days in office are over many will take this opportunity to assess the moves he has made so far.
Obama?s first task after coming to power was to gather a close team around him, and this now includes Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
Then there was just enough time to enjoy his many inauguration balls, and settle into the White House with wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, before the real work began.
One of the new President?s biggest challenges, and one of his largest promises, revolves around the troubled US economy.
In response he has introduced a $787 billion (534 billion pound) economic stimulus package. However, most experts agree that it is still too early to judge what impact this strategy will have.
Obama also pledged to seek direct diplomatic engagement with U.S. foes and has so far reached out to countries such as Cuba and Iran.
His first 100 hundred days also saw, as promised, moves to close Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and halt the use of harsh interrogation methods on foreign terrorism suspects.
The Iraq war was also a sticking point and Obama said that he would withdraw all U.S. combat forces from the country within 16 months of taking office ? a move that now has an August 2010 deadline.
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