Once again an out of context report. He was speaking of classifying documents (under FOI rules) and assuring that anyone who produced something could not also "classify" it, that it would in fact require counsel to do so. VERY unlike the Bush administration that classified almost everything before it was produced..
On Jan 23, 2:26 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > President Obama, who made the following statement during remarks to his > Senior Staff and Cabinet Secretaries on January 21, 2009: > ** > *"I will also hold myself as president to a new standard of openness. Going > forward, any time the American people want to know something that I want to > withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the White > House Counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of > law. Information will not be withheld just because I say so." * > *President Barack Hussein Obama, January 20, 2009, announcing his ethics > rules on his first day in > office.*http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/01/remarks_by_the_presiden... > > ================= > > Uhm.....For starters, may I suggest that President Obama demand that the > Governor of Hawaii unseal his birth certificate?? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
