President Obama's Schedule Today (2/17/10)

In the morning, President Obama and Vice President Biden will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.

Later, Mr. Obama will deliver remarks on the economy on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Recovery Act in the South Court Auditorium. Biden will introduce the president.

The president will then meet with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room. Expected attendees include:
Vice President Joe Biden
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (via videoconference)
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Lieutenant General Dave Rodriguez (via videoconference)
Lietenant General William Caldwell (via videoconference)
Vice Admiral Michael LaFever (via videoconference)
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal Wolin
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
Robert Nabors, OMB Deputy Director

In the afternoon, Mr. Obama and Biden will meet with Secretary of State Clinton in the Oval Office. The president will then have lunch with King Juan Carlos I of Spain in the Private Dining Room.

Later, the president and vice president will meet with General Raymond Odierno, Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Chris Hill in the Oval Office. The president will then meet with senior advisers in the Oval Office.

In the evening, Mr. Obama will be joined by Congressional leaders and middle school students from Michigan, Florida and Nebraska in the Roosevelt Room to congratulate the astronauts on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour on their successful ongoing mission.

Here's the Full Schedule from the White House (all times Eastern):

9:15AM: President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

9:45AM: President Obama and Vice President Biden receive the Economic Daily Briefing

10:25AM: President Obama delivers remarks on the economy on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Recovery Act

11:00AM: President Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan

12:05PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with Secretary of State Clinton

12:50PM: President Obama and King Juan Carlos I of Spain have lunch

2:30PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with General Odierno and Ambassador Hill

3:15PM: President Obama meets with senior advisors

5:15PM: President Obama makes call to NASA astronauts