Day 3: Obama Moves To Shutter Gitmo
4747129On his third day in office, President Obama signed orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods.
He and his new secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, named former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell as a special envoy for the Middle East and Former U.N. ambassador Richard Holbrooke as a special adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
And he announced daily economic briefings, lauded choice on the anniversary of the Roe Vs. Wade decision, and got to keep his BlackBerry.
You can watch CBS Evening News reporting on Mr. Obama's day below.