President Obama's Schedule Today (5/6/10)
In the morning, President Obama will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and the Economic 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 include:
- Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
- Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
- Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
- Ambassador Susan Rice, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- General James L. Jones, National Security Advisor
- Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
- Tom Donilon, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
- John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
- James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
- Michele Flournoy, Undersecretary of Defense Policy
- Leon Panetta, CIA Director
- Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator
- Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (via videoconference)
- General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
- Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
- General David Petraeus, Commander, USCENTCOM
- General Stanley McChrystal, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
- Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
In the afternoon, the president will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office.
Here's the Full Schedule from the White House (all times Eastern):
9:15AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
10:00AM: President Obama receives the Economic Daily Briefing
11:00AM: President Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan
3:30PM: President Obama meets with Secretary of State Clinton