{"id":390,"date":"2009-01-22T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/obama-signs-executive-order-of.html"},"modified":"2009-01-22T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T17:02:52","slug":"obama-signs-executive-order-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/obama-signs-executive-order-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Signs Executive Order of American Ideals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/23\/us\/politics\/23GITMOCND.html?_r=1&amp;hp\">The New York Times reports:<\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">&#8220;Saying that &#8220;our ideals give us the strength and moral high ground&#8221; to combat terrorism,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/o\/barack_obama\/index.html?inline=nyt-per\" title=\"More articles about Barack Obama.\">President Obama<\/a>\u00a0signed executive orders Thursday ending the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/c\/central_intelligence_agency\/index.html?inline=nyt-org\" title=\"More articles about the Central Intelligence Agency.\">Central Intelligence Agency<\/a>&#8216;s secret overseas prisons, banning coercive interrogation methods and closing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/national\/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions\/guantanamobaynavalbasecuba\/index.html?inline=nyt-geo\" title=\"More news and information about Guant\u00e1namo.\">Guant\u00e1namo Bay<\/a>\u00a0detention camp within a year.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Today we can be proud Americans again. \u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times reports:\u00a0 &#8220;Saying that &#8220;our ideals give us the strength and moral high ground&#8221; 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