Image: Obama meets with Rahm Emanuel one of the staff affected by the pay freezeSetting rules on lobbying, Obama has stated that issues a person has previously lobbied on could not be worked on by the same person should they join his administration. Obama says tough rules are necessary to fix a broken system. He also is making government accountable by increasing transparency and is re-interpreting the Freedom of Information act.
He has already shown he has strong principles and he is widely believed to have a good character.
Obama and any other president whom wants to withhold information must consult the relevant government agency and the decision will not rest with the president himself. He is freezing paychecks for employees earning more than 100 000 dollars, including that of Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff in the Oval office, pictured above.
Source: Aljazeera News Hour 22/1/09
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