TGIF!! For the first time in several days, we'll actually see the president today with a couple of events opened to the press. Later this morning, President Obama will be traveling to the University of Maryland in College Park, MD to hold a town hall meeting where he will discuss the ongoing deficit reduction negotiations. Later this afternoon, he'll host Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand where they'll discuss a range of issues important to both countries. They'll have a private meeting in the Oval Office and then they'll make statements to the press afterwards. The rest of the president's day will involve meetings but at this point they aren't with Congressional leaders for more debt talks; he'll meet with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and later visit with Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and his wife.

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