POTUS focus on immigration reform
March 27th, 2013
07:22 AM ET

POTUS focus on immigration reform

as he gives interviews at the White House Wednesday to Telemundo and Univision:

The President's official schedule:

BRIEFING SCHEDULE: 12:15PM Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SCHEDULE:

10:30AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

Oval Office

Closed Press

2:25PM THE PRESIDENT is interviewed by Univision

Blue Room

Closed Press

2:40PM THE PRESIDENT is interviewed by Telemundo

Blue Room

Closed Press


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White House day ahead: Irish Prime Minister, Middle East Trip
March 19th, 2013
08:15 AM ET

White House day ahead: Irish Prime Minister, Middle East Trip

President Obama departs for the Middle East on Tuesday evening, but before he takes off he'll have a day full of ceremony. In the mid-morning, the president meets with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Oval Office, with a pool spray at the top of the meeting. Later the two leaders will attend a St. Patrick’s Day lunch at the United States Capitol. The President’s remarks at the lunch are private but there will be coverage of the entertainment.

Back at the White House in the early evening, Obama and the First Lady will host a St. Patrick’s Day reception in the East Room where both the president and the Irish Prime Minister will speak.

At 7:45 the president departs the White House for the Middle East – the first international trip of his second term:

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SCHEDULE:

9:45AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office

10:30AM THE PRESIDENT meets with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny
Oval Office

12:00PM THE PRESIDENT and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny attend a St. Patrick's Day lunch
United States Capitol

5:45PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY host a St. Patrick's Day reception
East Room

7:45PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn

8:00PM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route Tel Aviv, Israel


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White House day ahead: Personnel announcements, Women's History Month
March 18th, 2013
07:43 AM ET

White House day ahead: Personnel announcements, Women's History Month

President Obama will announce a new Secretary of Labor later this morning. A White House official confirmed late Sunday night that his selection will be Thomas E. Perez, current U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department's civil rights division. We have more on that announcement here. Later in the afternoon President Obama will make remarks at a Women's History Month reception in the East Room of the White House.

Here's the full schedule as released by the White House:

10:15AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

Oval Office

Closed Press

11:00AM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors

Oval Office

Closed Press

4:40PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at a Women’s History Month Reception; THE FIRST LADY attends

The East Room


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POTUS presses energy issues in Chicago
President Obama aboard Marine One leaves the White House Friday headed to Air Force One and then on to Chicago. (photo credit: Lesa Jansen)
March 15th, 2013
11:11 AM ET

POTUS presses energy issues in Chicago

The president's schedule:

10:10AM         THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews South Lawn Open Press

10:25AM         THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route Chicago, Illinois Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage

CDT

11:15AM        THE PRESIDENT arrives Chicago, Illinois Chicago O'Hare InternationalAirport Open Press

11:55AM        THE PRESIDENT tours the Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois Travel Pool Coverage

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Obama to meet with Republican senators
March 6th, 2013
07:12 AM ET

Obama to meet with Republican senators

Washington (CNN) - Although there are no open press events on President Obama’s schedule today, he will have dinner tonight with a group of Republican senators, CNN’s Jim Acosta confirmed. The president has been reaching out to members of both parties in an effort to reach a deal on deficit reduction and address other items on his agenda, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has said.

During the day Wednesday the president will receive his daily briefing, have lunch with the vice president and meet with Treasury Secretary Lew. A previously scheduled visit today from the Alabama Crimson Tide has been postponed due to weather, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.
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Obama to Walter Reed
March 5th, 2013
06:57 AM ET

Obama to Walter Reed

Washington (CNN) - President Obama will have a closed meeting this morning at the White House before traveling to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at 2 p.m. this afternoon. At 5:00 p.m. he and Vice President Biden will meet with newly instated Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in the Oval Office. Hagel, who was confirmed to the position by the Senate Tuesday, was at the White House Monday for Obama’s first cabinet meeting of his second term.

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Down to the wire meeting this morning
March 1st, 2013
07:35 AM ET

Down to the wire meeting this morning

An 11th hour meeting at the White House as Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders talk face to face about how to avert the forced spending cuts set to take effect at midnight tonight.  (read full story here)

The President's Schedule:

10:05AM       THE PRESIDENT hosts the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress at the White House; THE VICE PRESIDENT also attends/ Oval Office / Closed Press

White House briefing: 11:30am

POTUS attends unveiling of Rosa Parks statue on Capitol Hill
President Obama sitting in the the famed Rosa Parks bus. Photo credit: Pete Souza The White House
February 27th, 2013
08:49 AM ET

POTUS attends unveiling of Rosa Parks statue on Capitol Hill

9:00AM In-Town Pool Call Time

9:30AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. Oval Office

10:00AM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors. Oval Office

11:00AM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks. United States Capitol

7:30PM THE PRESIDENT deliver remarks at the Business Council dinner and answer questions. Park Hyatt Hotel, Washington, DC


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Obama's day ahead: Sequester at Newport News Shipbuilding
February 26th, 2013
08:12 AM ET

Obama's day ahead: Sequester at Newport News Shipbuilding

President Obama heads to Newport News, VA to talk about the effect that forced government spending cuts will have on Newport News Shipbuilding, the largest manufacturing employer in the state of Virginia. The company is a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), and in his remarks the president will highlight the impact that furloughs at one factory can have across the country. The White House circulated this information late Monday night:

HII’s already fragile supply base consists of 5,000 companies located in all fifty states that depend on the work that companies like Newport News Shipbuilding do, many of which are small businesses that rely on Newport News Shipbuilding for their bottom line.

In Virginia alone, approximately 90,000 civilian Department of Defense employees would be furloughed if the sequester was to hit, reducing gross pay by around $648.4 million in total. As well, it would cancel the maintenance of 11 ships in Norfolk, defer four projects at Dahlgren, Oceana, and Norfolk, and delay other modernization and demolition projects. The President will urge Congressional Republicans to come to the table and compromise to find a solution to avert the sequester, and will make clear that the only reason these cuts will take place is if Congressional Republicans choose to protect loopholes only enjoyed by the wealthiest and big corporations at the expense of jobs in Virginia.

The president will depart the White House at 10:50 AM, and his remarks in Norfolk will come a little after 1PM. Here's the full schedule as released by the White House: FULL POST

Obama's day ahead: Hanging with governors
February 25th, 2013
07:05 AM ET

Obama's day ahead: Hanging with governors

It's a fairly quiet day for President Obama as he begins what is likely to be a busy week ahead of the implementation of the sequester on Friday.

The president will appear before cameras briefly at 11:05 to address governors of both parties at the White House. A White House official told CNN all 50 governors were invited to the event, though an actual attendance list is not available.

Meanwhile, Jay Carney will brief reporters at 12:45.

Full Schedule:

FULL POST


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