100 DAYS INTO THE SECOND TERM PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS A NEWS CONFERENCE.............

President Barack Obama marked this 100th Day of his second term with a news conference in the White House Press Conference early this afternoon, in which he discussed a phetora of issues.  Chief among them were current developments in Syria, the Boston Marathon Bombings, the still pending closure of Guantanamo, Immigration Reform, and NFL professional football center, Jason Collins.  The President reiterated concern that the requirement for 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to break a potential filibuster against even basic and primary legislation is, "gumming up", the process of getting the work of the Congress and Washington done on behalf of the American People.  However, he also expressed confidence there are things the White House and the Congress can mutually accomplish.  Responding to questions about the situation in Syria and the likelihood Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons against his own citizens, Obama said more evidence is needed to verify Assad has, and stated if  it is confirmed, "we would have to  rethink the options that are available to us".  He defended the handling of the National Intelligence Director and the review of the activities of Boston Bombings Marathon suspects, the Tsarnaev brothers before the terrorist act, "standard procedure".  The President when asked again said it remains his position that the prison at Giantanamo Bay, Cuba; should be closed - a first term promise he deferred on and did not attain.  He spoke of, "being impressed", with the Immigration Reform Bill authored by the Senate Gang of Eight, an all but surrogate stand in for the legislation bringing Immigration Reform to passage the Administration seeks.  As the news conference ended and President Obama was leacing the podium, he was asked about the admission of NFL player Jason Collins on Mondayof being homosexual.  He acknowledged having spoken to Collins and told reporters, "I told him I couldn't be prouder of him",..."the LGBT community deserves full equality, not just partial equality".  Some of the initial commentary and my cursory view having watched the questioning and answering of this 50 minute exchange, is how firmly set the White House will be in assering presidential prerogatives and pursuing Obama policy positions by filly engaging and interacting strenuously enough to get his priority legislation and polices addressed and enacted into law.............Fr.  Troy