It's not too hard to find a list of executive orders and signed legislation. Specifically, I think lifting the ban on stem cell research and restoring science to it's rightful place is very significant.
There's one less notorious terrorist bent on our destruction than there was yesterday - it's an accomplishment anyway you slice it. The president has proven that he's not weak on terrorism - far from it. Moreover, success or failure in ongoing operations is not negated by virtue of being the second commander to oversee operations. If that was the case, George McClellan would be on the fifty-dollar bill instead of Grant.
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