"Experts said Mr. Obama’s moves would have the practical effect of allowing reporters and historians to obtain access to records from the Bush administration that might otherwise have been kept under wraps.
"'Historians are overjoyed by this,' said Lee White, executive director of the National Coalition for History."
In The New York Times, Sheryl Gay Stolberg describes President Obama's first day of executive orders (and the retaking of the oath of office).
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Information Wants to Be Free
Labels:
2000s,
George W. Bush,
historians,
Obama,
political history
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