In the wide-ranging interview, Mr Obama also said he planned a special team to deal with conflict in the Middle East.
The president-elect said he was not ruling out prosecution for possible crimes committed by Bush administration officials.
And he repeated his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, but suggested it might not happen within his first 100 days in office |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.