Barack Obama has pulled a George W. Bush only days after becoming President by allowing missile strikes in Pakistan which killed 17 people.

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Rachel Maddow takes a look at the recent Executive Orders signed by Barack Obama and points out a few things that puts an asterisk (*) beside the “CHANGE*” that we’re told is coming with the Obama administration.

It seems that they will leave open the possibility that interrogation methods that go beyond the army field manual may still be available to interrogators. Maddow states the New York Times reports White House cousel Gregory Craig said “…the White House may be open to allowing the use of methods other than the 19 techniques allowed for the military.”

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President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing Executive orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba in 1 year, review military trials of suspects, and ban the harshest interrogation methods, which many consider torture, that are used by U.S. interrogators.

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Barack Obama took the Presidential oath of office becoming the 44th President of the United States, and first black U.S. President, then Obama delivered an inaugural address focusing on the themes of sacrifice and renewal on this Tuesday, January 20, 2009…

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And just before Barack Obama was sworn in, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 47th Vice President of the United States. Biden raised his right hand and took his Vice Presidential oath of office from Associate Justice John Paul Stevens…

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Raw Video from The Associated Press (AP) throughout the morning leading up to The Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States on this 20th day of January 2009:

President-elect Barack Obama started his Inauguration day by attending services at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington…

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President-elect Barack Obama has left St. John’s Episcopal Church and gone to The White House to meet with President George W. Bush before the inauguration…

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Crowds streamed into the nation’s capital Tuesday, jamming subway cars and packing the National Mall from the Capitol to the Washington Monument hours before President-elect Barack Obama was to be sworn in…

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President-elect Barack Obama arrives at the Capitol where he is set to be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States…

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