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Political positions of Barack Obama

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==Moral authority and use of torture==
One On November 16, 2008, in an interview with Steve Kroft of Obama[[CBS]]'s campaign promises was that he would ''[[60 Minutes]]'' program, Barack Obama promised to close the American detention center at [[Guantanamo Bay in Cuba Detention Facility]] by [[Executive Order]], "to regain America's "[[moral aithority. Detainees would be flown to other countries while ]] stature in the ones awaiting trial would enter the American court system. Two days after taking office he signed an order directing the military to do soworld."<ref name="salon">{{cite web|url=[http://www.salonyoutube.com/newswatch?v=UQXZoM__vU0 60 Minutes: Obama Reiterates Promise To Close Guantanamo Bay]. Youtube.</politicsref> A press release on January 22, 2009 claimed Obama ordered closing the camp within the year. <ref>http:/war_room/2011www.google.com/04/25/obama_guantanamo_rhetoric|worksearch?hl=Salon|titleen&q=The Obama/Gitmo timeline|authorbarack+obama+guantanamo+bay&aq=Natasha Lennard|format4&oq=HTML|languageBarack+Obama+g&aqi=English}}g10</ref> But, in November 2009 Obama admitted that his self imposed deadline In January of January 2010 would be missed, and in March 2011 the president went back on his campaign promise, signing 2013 President Obama signed an executive order authorization refusing to create a formal system of indefinite detention for allow the prisonerstransfer of detainees from Guantanamo.<ref name="salon">[http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2013/1/8/4_years_after_vow_to_close Years After Vow to Close Gitmo, Why Has Obama Signed NDAA Bill Barring Transfer of Its Prisoners?].</ref>As of the president's second inaugural, the promise to regain America's moral stature remained unfulfilled.
==Support for a "global regime"==
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