For the first time, President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that aggressive interrogation of terror suspects led to useful intelligence, but he stood by his insistence that using methods like water-boarding amounts to torture and said his decision to ban them makes the country safer. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
An over-all view of last nights Presidential news conference.A report that anybody that watched could have written.
Obama shows why he is as cool as a cucumber. No questions asked made him look foolish like like Bush.
The getting of information is important but the long term soul of the American people and the perception the rest of the world has of America is far more important in the long term. Golda Meir commented on a similar subject. She said, "I could almost forgive the Arabs for killing my boys. I can't forgive them for making my boys have to kill". Thank heaven Obama is at the helm.
this article essentially quotes Obama throughout without offering much perspective or story from the writer. The article has a little backround but basically just sums up what Obama said in his speech.
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