Obama Praises One Bush Policy, Considers Copying Another

President Barak Obama praised the Bush Administration for its policy of stockpiling vaccines across the United States in the event of a biological attack or a natural pandemic, a policy which the Obama Administration is employing.

Also, the Obama Administration is reportedly considering reversing itself on the subject of military tribunals for unlawful combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay on charges of terrorism. As explained in an earlier post, Obama had issued an executive order ending military tribunals established by President George W. Bush and Congress, in favor of civilian ones, which would have made successful prosecution of the alleged terrorists much more difficult, especially without revealing intelligence secrets. Faced with the challenges presented by civilian prosecution, the Obama Administration may return to the military prosecution policy after all. Let us hope that it does.