Why the election of Barack Obama matters

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On his first full day in office, Mr. Obama will order American military leaders to plan the speedy withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq and will direct his economic advisers to do everything possible to avert a prolonged downturn and double-digit unemployment, his top aides said Sunday.

Within the first week, he might also issue executive orders calling for the closure of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba even though the process might take time, Robert Gibbs, the incoming press secretary, told "Fox News Sunday."

"We’ve talked about banning torture and closing Guantanamo, the process by which that will happen," Mr. Gibbs said. In addition, Mr. Obama would issue executive orders tightening ethics and transparency rules affecting current and outgoing government workers.

"I think those are probably the big things that could happen as early as the first week," Mr. Gibbs said.

On one single day, Barack Obama will begin to erase two of the biggest mistakes of the Bush administration. To those who think politics is politics and one guy will be as good as the next, well, you're wrong. After just one day, America will have begun to restore its moral standing in the world.