Barack Obama

===First 100 days===
{{Main|First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency}}
[[File:US President Barack Obama taking his Oath of Office - 2009Jan20.jpg|thumb|Obama takes [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|the oath of office]] administered by [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John Roberts|John G. Roberts Jr.]] at [[United States Capitol|the Capitol]], January 20, 2009.|alt=Photo of Obama raising his left hand for the oath of office]]
The [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inauguration of Barack Obama]] as the 44th president took place on January 20, 2009. In his first few days in office, Obama issued [[executive order]]s and [[Presidential memorandum|presidential memoranda]] directing the U.S. military to develop plans to withdraw troops from Iraq.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obama asks Pentagon for responsible Iraq drawdown |date=January 23, 2009 |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2009/01/22/Obama-asks-Pentagon-for-responsible-Iraq-drawdown/stories/200901220423 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |first1=Anne |last1=Gearan |first2=Lolita C. |last2=Baldor |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 23, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223150302/https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2009/01/22/Obama-asks-Pentagon-for-responsible-Iraq-drawdown/stories/200901220423 |url-status=live }}</ref> He ordered the closing of the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/washington/22gitmo.html |title = Obama Orders Halt to Prosecutions at Guantánamo |last = Glaberson |first = William |date = January 21, 2009 |work = The New York Times |access-date = February 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416015909/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/washington/22gitmo.html|archive-date=April 16, 2009 }}</ref> but Congress prevented the closure by refusing to appropriate the required funds<ref>{{cite news |title = Senate blocks transfer of Gitmo detainees |url = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/30826649 |date = May 20, 2009 |work = [[NBC News]] |agency = Associated Press |mode = cs2 |access-date = March 22, 2011 |archive-date = November 4, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141104101140/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30826649/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Obama signs Defense authorization bill |url = https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2011/01/obama-signs-defense-authorization-bill/ |date = January 7, 2011 |first = Jared |last = Serbu |publisher = [[Federal News Radio]] |mode = cs2 |access-date = March 22, 2011 |archive-date = December 12, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181212174641/http://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2011/01/obama-signs-defense-authorization-bill/ |url-status = live }}</ref> and preventing moving any Guantanamo detainee.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.npr.org/2013/01/23/169922171/obamas-promise-to-close-guantanamo-prison-falls-short |title = Obama's Promise To Close Guantanamo Prison Falls Short |last = Northam |first = Jackie |date = January 23, 2013 |access-date = April 22, 2013 |publisher = [[NPR]] |archive-date = March 26, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130326042851/http://www.npr.org/2013/01/23/169922171/obamas-promise-to-close-guantanamo-prison-falls-short |url-status = live }}</ref> Obama reduced the secrecy given to presidential records.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Charlie |date=December 30, 2009 |title=Obama Curbs Secrecy of Classified Documents |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30secrets.html |access-date=December 20, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220023908/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30secrets.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also revoked President George W. Bush's restoration of President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[Mexico City policy]] which prohibited federal aid to international [[family planning]] organizations that perform or provide counseling about abortion.<ref>{{cite news |last = Meckler |first = Laura |date = January 24, 2009 |title = Obama lifts 'gag rule' on family-planning groups |newspaper = The Wall Street Journal |page = A3 |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123272364299610287 |access-date = September 21, 2012 |archive-date = July 23, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150723125402/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123272364299610287 |url-status = live }}
* {{cite news |last1 = Stein |first1 = Rob |last2 = Shear |first2 = Michael |date = January 24, 2009 |title = Funding restored to groups that perform abortions, other care |newspaper = The Washington Post |page = A3 |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012302814.html |access-date = September 21, 2012 |quote = Lifting the Mexico City Policy would not permit U.S. tax dollars to be used for abortions, but it would allow funding to resume to groups that provide other services, including counseling about abortions. |archive-date = November 11, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121111031558/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012302814.html |url-status = live }}</ref>