Food in the Field: Jello![]() When at a Summit the host always provides snacks.......here's some of the spread! Don't stuff yourself with the jello! Henry in the House: Obama Mulls Big Speech to U.S. Chamber of CommerceWASHINGTON - After months of all-out political war with the nation's most powerful business lobby, President Obama appears to be on the verge of launching a dramatic peace offering to the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue. Two sources familiar with the negotiations tell me that Obama was giving serious consideration to going into the lion's den and delivering a speech at a Dec. 2 jobs summit hosted by Donohue, whose organization just spent tens of millions of dollars trying to bring the President's agenda to a screeching halt by helping to elect more pro-business lawmakers in the midterm election. President Obama's Thoughts on NATO![]() THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. I just wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the substantial progress that the United States and our NATO allies have made here today. NATO Family Photo![]() Leaders of NATO pose for the "family photo" in Lisbon. It's hard to get everyone to smile and look at the camera at the same time. Portuguese Prime Minister welcomes Obama![]() PRIME MINISTER SOCRATES: Mr. President, it’s an honor to welcome you to Portugal on your first visit to my country. And I think this is the right moment to reaffirm in front of you the transatlantic relationship as one of the most important pillars of Portugal’s foreign policy. President Obama and President Silva's Remarks![]() PRESIDENT SILVA: (As translated.) Good afternoon. I would like to start by thanking President Barack Obama for having accepted my invitation for a working meeting during his first visit to Portugal. Portugal is honored to welcome President Obama. The meeting we just had and the working lunch which followed enabled a fruitful exchange of viewpoints, thus highlighting the excellent political relationship between Portugal and the U.S.A. - a solid relationship grounded on a strong identity of viewpoints and sharing of values and principles. |
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