Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo during his campaign for the White House, and he began the task of reversing the Bush administration's detainee policy immediately after taking office.

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Such talk infuriates Peter Orszag, the head of the White House's Office of Management and Budget and the administration's most important health expert.

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Deputy Administration Johns and Joshua DuBois from the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships emphasized a few key points on the call.

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The Clinton Administration fired several longtime employees of the White House Travel Office in May 1993, alleging at the time that the employees were mishandling money.

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