Barack Obama Inauguration: Watch Live Streaming Video

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For those who want to watch the live streaming broadcast of Barack Obama’s Inauguration, I have added an embedded video for my readers. Take part in this historical event and watch how United States of America takes a different direction as the 44th and First African-American President begins changing the country, hopefully for the good.

President of United States of America: Barack Obama

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United States of America made history on November 4, 2008 as a Senator from Illinois won the highest political seat of the most powerful country in the world. He is no other than Barack Obama, and he definitely made quite a stir as he made a few firsts that will definitely be in history books.

- He is the first African American to be nominated as Presidential Candidate by a Major Political Party (Democrat).
- He is the first Presidential candidate born in Hawaii.
- He is the first African American elected as President of the United States.

Obama will begin his duties in leading the Americans on January 20, 2009 and in his victory speech in Chicago, he proclaimed that “change has come to America”.

Congratulations, President Obama. We are hoping that the changes are for the good.

ZTE Scandal: What Is The Executive Order?

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Those who have not heard of ZTE Scandal must be living under a rock. Yet another episode to this national saga has hit the country as the Executive Order 464 was revoked by President Arroyo after her meeting with religious leaders of the country. Executive Order 464 pertains to the barring of executive department officials from testifying in legislative inquiries. The president said that officials involved in the scandal may no longer use the EO 464 as an excuse not to attend Senate hearings or answer questions from the committee. The EO 464 has been the constant reason used by former Director General of NEDA, Romulo Neri, not to attend the Senate hearings, resulting to a warrant of arrest for his ‘no show’ acts. Now that the EO 464 has been scrapped, Neri is now obliged to attend hearings as witness to the ZTE Scandal.

However, the president still holds a Constitutional right called the Executive privilege. This privilege gives the president the right to withhold from Congress, the courts and the public any information regarded as vital to the national interest. The material could include conversations and correspondence between the President and her officials on military, diplomatic and other national security issues. This is a constitutional law, therefore cannot be revoked in any way.

Now that the EO 464 is out of the way, truth may be coming out soon. Or will it?