President Obama's Schedule Today (4/16/10)
In the morning, President Obama and Vice President Biden will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing the Oval Office. The president will then deliver remarks at the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors, which will be held at the Department of the Interior.
After returning to the White House, Mr. Obama will 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
- Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations (via videoconference)
- USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
- Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
- Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew
- Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin
- Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy
- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
- Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
- 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)
- Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
- CIA Director Leon Panetta
- General James Jones, National Security Advisor
- Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
- John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
- Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President
- Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
The president and the vice president will then have lunch in the Private Dining Room.
In the afternoon, Mr. Obama will host a meeting of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room
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
10:15AM: President Obama delivers remarks at the White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors
11:00AM: President Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan
12:45PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden have lunch
1:30PM: President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with the PERAB