Obama vows to close Guantanamo Bay


US President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to regain America's moral stature in the world when he arrives at the White House.

And one of his first jobs will be to close down the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

He said: "I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that.

"I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm gonna make sure that we don't torture.

"Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world."

In his first television interview since winning the election, Mr Obama and his wife Michelle answered questions ranging from the economic bail-out to the all important new family dog.

Mr Obama said he had made suggestions to Treasury Secretary Paulson about the banks bail-out.

He did not elaborate but said the rescue plan had not focused enough on property repossessions.

He promised to do whatever it took to avoid a deepening recession.

Mrs Obama said there was no decision concerning the choice of family dog her husband promised the First Couple's daughters on election night.

She said that as "responsible owners" they would make a choice once the family settles into the White House.

ITN 2008

Do you think this is likely to happen?

i dont know, i hope so, i really do but i am not so hopeful.

take a look at this:
http://pqarchiver.nypost.com/nypost/acc ... SH+RELATED

seemingly, less of the change and more of the same old same old. seems far fetched that they are all of the same bloodline right? maybe his 'coming from nowhere' was not as random as we all seem to think...