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Obama’s Right Turn

Vice President Joe Biden listens to U.S. President Barack Obama during a signing ceremony for the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington June 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

NEW YORK - Human rights and open government advocates were heartened by President Barack Obama's pledge during his first week in office to create "an unprecedented level of openness in government" and "establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration".

But now, well into Obama's second 100 days in office, many are expressing outrage and disappointment that many of the president's decisions have followed the path of his predecessor, President George W. Bush.