Wednesday, January 13, 2016

White House Vows ‘Audacious Executive Action’ by Obama in 2016



White House Vows ‘Audacious Executive Action’ by Obama in 2016
by Charlie Spiering 13 Jan 2016
President Obama is not finished with executive actions, according to White House Chief of staff Denis McDonough.

“We’ll do audacious executive action throughout the course of the rest of the year.
I’m confident of that,” he said during a Christian Science Monitor breakfast with reporters this morning in Washington D.C.

McDonough said he was “very mindful” that Obama was running out of time in his last year of office and would do as much as he could before leaving office.

The Chief of Staff adds he is reluctant to restrain Obama’s “appetite” for action, especially after the president met with White House staff to discuss his last year.

He recalled Obama urged staff to be infused with the sense of possibility.

“I am going to be asking myself ‘Why not?’” Obama said, according to McDonough’s recollection.

“That’s part of the way we approached last year … we feel good about last year,” McDonough said.

Denis McDonough
Denis McDonough is the chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director emeritus for Refugees International, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Human Rights Watch, and Refugees International.
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director at Refugees International, was a director at the Human Rights Watch, and a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor.

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