I almost wonder if he is actually learning something while on the job. This is one of the first things I have seen from him that isn't directly an attempt to harm the military or take punitative action regardless of national consequences against Bush.

>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051301751.html
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>Snippet:
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>A month after making public once-classified Justice Department memos detailing the Bush administration's coercive methods of interrogation, President Obama yesterday chose secrecy over disclosure, saying he will seek to block the court-ordered release of photographs depicting the abuse of detainees held by U.S. authorities abroad.
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>"The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals," Obama said yesterday. "In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in danger."
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>Flip-flopping is fine (better than fine) when it comes about after close review and consideration.
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>One day the photos may be released (and should be). However, now is not the time to inflame old wounds.