Before He Lets Kids Back in School Fri Feb 12, 2021 Obama's great obsession was with closing Gitmo. Some of his first executive orders focused on the treatment of Islamic terrorists. In his first days in office, he signed a number of executive orders. Of his first five orders, three involved Muslim terrorists captured and held in Gitmo. His third executive order was about the “humane” treatment of terrorists. His fourth executive order sought to close Gitmo. It took Obama a month to set up the Economic Recovery Advisory Board. It took him two days to set up a Special Interagency Task Force on Detainee Disposition to free Gitmo terrorists.