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Latest Promises
Barack Obama
Mandate standards for securing personal data
Congress ignores Obama’s plan to standardize personal data protection
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December 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Require companies to disclose personal information data breaches
Data breach disclosure requirement has yet to materialize
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November 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Seek to negotiate a political agreement on Cyprus
Settlement talks are continuing, but they’re struggling
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February 10, 2012
Barack Obama
With the G-8, launch Health Infrastructure 2020
Obama administration didn’t launch G8 global health infrastructure effort
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November 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Reinstate special envoy for the Americas
Administration engages Latin America, but not with a special envoy
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January 18, 2011
Barack Obama
Double the Peace Corps
President’s budget continues lower trendline for Peace Corps funding
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February 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Improve port security through better radiation detection
Mutiple failures on multiple fronts
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December 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Clarify legal status for defense contractor personnel
Clarifying legal status of defense contractors requires new law, which hasn’t happened
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November 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Double U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 billion a year by 2012
An increase, but nowhere close to double
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November 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Establish a Global Education Fund
No sign of $2 billion bump for alternatives to madrassas
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November 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Launch a new ‘America’s Voice Corps’
America’s Voice Corps still unsung
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November 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
41 prisoners remain at Gitmo as Obama leaves office
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January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
Develop an alternative to President Bush’s Military Commissions Act on handling detainees
No end in sight for military commissions
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September 21, 2011
Barack Obama
Restore habeas corpus rights for “enemy combatants”
Many enemy combatants still lack habeas rights
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December 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Form international group to help Iraq refugees
Iraq refugee aid more unilateral than international
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January 17, 2011
Barack Obama
Work with Russia to move nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert
U.S. had the chance in the Nuclear Posture Review but didn’t take it
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August 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Create a National Commission on People with Disabilities, Employment, and Social Security
No commission on the horizon
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January 14, 2011
Barack Obama
Change rules so small businesses owned by people with disabilities get preferences for contracts.
No sign of progress toward small business boost for Americans with disabilities
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November 20, 2010
Barack Obama
Reduce the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act
Family and Medical Leave Act expansion a no-go in Congress
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September 30, 2011
Barack Obama
Provide a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave
Congress isn’t going for family leave funding
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October 25, 2011
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