Obama "announces over $8 billion in loan guarantees to promote nuclear power" (CBC, February 16, 2010).
Obama "appoints former Monsanto Lobbyist Michael Taylor as America's food safety czar"[Monsanto,] named "the most evil corporation in the world' by journalist Jeffrey Smith"provides the seeds for 90 percent of the world's genetically modified crops" (Huffington Post, July 23, 2009).
Obama "nominates anti-marijuana zealot Michelle Leonhart for head of the DEA" (Raw Story, November, 16, 2010).
Obama "launches FBI raids on anti-war activists in Chicago and Minneapolis" (Democracy Now! September, 27 2010).
"The Obama administration proposes a 3 year freeze on domestic spending, exempting cuts to the Pentagon and Homeland Security"
[Obama] "operates a "black site' at Bagram airbases, where the Red Cross has reported torture of detainees" (BBC, May 11, 2010).
Obama "continues the practice of indefinite detentions for alleged "terrorists,' denying the right of habeas corpus" (Washington Post, May 22, 2009).
Obama "continues renditions of alleged terrorists and "militants' to countries where they could be tortured" (New York Times, August 24, 2009).
Obama "successfully prosecutes child soldier Omar Khadr using evidence obtained through torture" (CBC, November 1, 2010).
Obama "refuses to suspend military aid to Honduras after a fascist coup outs democratically-elected leader Manuel Zelaya" (UPI, October 21, 2009).
Obama appoints Eric Holder, Head of the Justice department. "Holder had previously served as the lawyer for Chiquita Brands International when it was charged with funding death squads in Colombia" (Counterpunch, November 19, 2008).
Obama "appoints Dennis C. Blair as Director of National Intelligence"During the 1999 East Timor massacres, Blair presented Indonesian General Wisanto with an offer of increased military assistance"After the massacres, he invited the war criminal to be his personal guest in Hawaii" (WSWS, January 20, 2009).
Obama "appoints William Lynn as deputy secretary of defense. Lynn previously acted as senior vice president at Raytheon, which has billions of dollars in Defense department contracts" (Washington Independent, January 25, 2009).
Obama "refuses to sign a treaty banning the use of landmines" (MSNBC, November 24, 2009).
Obama "eases restrictions on the use of child soldiers in Africa" (The Cable, October 26, 2010).
Obama "announces a $60 billion sale of arms to the Saudi Arabian dictatorship, the largest arms deal in history" (CBS, September 13, 2010).
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