Morning Update: World Leaders in Washington
President-elect Barack Obama has opted not to attend (NYT) this weekend’s emergency international economic meetings in Washington. Nineteen foreign leaders will be in attendance.
GUANTANAMO: Politico asks a group of policy experts, legal scholars and politicians how Obama should handle the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
For full coverage of the transition to the Obama administration, see CFR.org’s Transition 2008 website.
