President Obama's Schedule Today (10/14/09)

In the morning, President Obama will receive the presidential daily briefing in the Oval Office. He will then meet with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room. Expected attendees to that meeting are below.

In the afternoon, Mr. Obama and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will head to northern Virginia to tour the Fairfax County Parkway Extension project. After the tour, the president will deliver remarks on the economic benefits of the stimulus act he signed in February.

Later, Mr. Obama will sign an Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group to address issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. At the ceremony, the president will also observe Diwali, or the "Festival of Lights," a holiday celebrated across faiths.

In the evening, the president will deliver remarks at an event at the Ritz Carlton Hotel celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

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

9:20AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

9:45AM: President Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan

2:05PM: President Obama and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tour construction site

2:20PM: President Obama delivers remarks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act

3:50PM: President Obama signs Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group and observes Diwali

7:10PM: President Obama delivers remarks at event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Expected attendees at the national security council meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan:

Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Clinton (via videoconference)
Secretary of Defense Gates
Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan