1-22-2009
Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, pictured just behind President Obama’s chair above, was quoted in the New York Times on today’s executive orders:
“He really gets it,” Mr. Hutson said of Mr. Obama in an interview a few minutes after the ceremony. “He acknowledged that this isn’t easy. But he is absolutely dedicated to getting us back on track as a nation. This is the right thing to do morally, diplomatically, militarily and Constitutionally. But it also makes us safer.”