Give Obama credit, when he said he would “change” things right away, he meant it. From Blackfive,
Our new CINC attended quite a few gatherings last night, but as This Ain’t Hell reports, the Salute To Heroes Inaugural Ball was not one of them. For the first time in 56 years, a newly-inaugurated president has not attended the ball begun by President Eisenhower. 14 presidents later, a snub.
…FORTY-EIGHT MoH recipients were in attendance. People- that’s HALF of the recipients that are still alive, and darn well nearly all that are physically able to attend events.
Is this the kind of change you can believe in?
UPDATE: Obama ushers in new era of openess and transparency, with one small hitch, according to Roll Call,
The event announcing the new openness was closed to all reporters except the handful who are in the White House pool.
Mary Katharine Ham has a lot more on this over at the Weekly Standard blog.