Thread: THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Mixed Messages From the Prez

The first 100 days of any new administration offers merely a glimpse of the policies and leadership the new Commander in Chief will provide for America. Many have called it an artificial benchmark, but for our nation’s military families, who serve and sacrifice with their loved ones, close attention has been paid to these first months of President Barack Obama’s time in office. Even in this short period, there has been much activity that impacts military families and proposals that will take time to evaluate more fully.

We see six areas where the administration has articulated his policy with enough specificity where we can rate the performance to date on issues that affect our military families.

1. The First Lady’s Outreach to Military Families

Grade: A

Military Families United, like all groups that work with the extended military family, is pleased that our issues have such a powerful friend in the White House. While there has been some concern that the White House political operation has tightly “managedâ€

I think it should be re-named "The First 100 Billiion." This guy is spending more $ than even I would have imagined.

1. The first sign that things might get ugly during the Obama years came on Inauguration Day when the crowd, well below the reported two million people or the five million forecast, turned the National Mall into a trash dump. So much for a “greenâ€