President Obama's Schedule Today (10/28/09)

By: Kevin Hechtkopf
Topics: President Obama's Schedule

In the morning, President Obama and Vice President Biden will receive their briefings in the Oval Office. Mr. Obama will then deliver remarks at the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of former Senator Edward William Brooke at the U.S. Capitol.

In the afternoon, the president and the vice president will have lunch in the Private Dining Room. They will then host a meeting with the co-chairmen of the president's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and the senior leadership of the intelligence community in the Cabinet Room.

Later, Mr. Obama will sign the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 in the Rose Garden. He and Biden will then meet with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the Oval Office.

The president will also meet with senior advisers in the Oval Office in the afternoon.

In the evening, Mr. Obama will attend a commemorative tree planting on the North Portico. He will later host a reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room. He will deliver brief remarks and will be joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, civil rights community leaders and others.

Here's the full schedule from the White House (all times Eastern):

9:30AM: President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

10:00AM: President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the Economic Daily Briefing

11:00AM: President Obama delivers remarks at the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of former Senator Edward William Brooke

12:00PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden have lunch

1:20PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden host meeting with the co-chairmen of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and the senior leadership of the intelligence community

2:30PM: President Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

3:10PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with Secretary of Defense Gates

4:00PM: President Obama meets with senior advisers

5:30PM: President Obama attends commemorative tree planting

6:05PM: President Obama delivers remarks at reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act