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President Barack Obama signs executive orders during a Jan. 21, 2009, meeting at the White House where he issued memos on government transparency and FOIA. "For a long time now, there's been too much secrecy in this city," Obama said. "The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over," he added, as Vice-President Joe Biden looked on. (AP Photo)
