Obama guidance, press schedule, Feb. 23, 2015. Governors, ambassadors

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DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 22, 2015

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015

In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.

Later in the morning, the President and the Vice President will deliver remarks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room. The remarks are pooled press.

In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will meet for lunch in the Private Dining Room. This lunch is closed press.

Later in the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks at AARP regarding a new consumer protection announcement. There will be travel pool coverage of the President’s remarks, and it will be livestreamed on http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/live.

In the evening, the President will participate in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office. At this event, the President will receive the credentials from foreign Ambassadors recently posted in Washington. The presentation of credentials is a traditional ceremony that marks the formal beginning of an Ambassador’s service in Washington. This event is closed press. The following Ambassadors will attend:

His Excellency Pham Quang Vinh, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

His Excellency Geir Hilmar Haarde, Ambassador of the Republic of Iceland

His Excellency Jose Tomas Perez Vazquez, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic

His Excellency Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa

His Excellency Derd Matkovic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia

His Excellency Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru

Her Excellency Hassana Alidou, Ambassador of the Republic of Niger

His Excellency Madjid Bouguerra, Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

His Excellency Garang Diing Akuong, Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan

His Excellency Kadyr Toktogulov, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic

His Excellency Miguel Ntutumu Evuna Andeme, Ambassador of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Her Excellency Reka Szemerkenyi, Ambassador of Hungary

His Excellency Pisan Manawapat, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand

In-Town Travel Pool

Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg

Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP

TV Corr & Crew: NBC

Print: Washington Times

Radio: WW1

EST

9:30AM Pool Call Time

10:00AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

Oval Office

Closed Press

11:10AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT deliver remarks to the National Governors Association

State Dining Room

Pooled Press (Pre-Set 9:50AM; Final Gather 10:45AM—North Doors of the Palm Room)

12:30PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT meet for lunch

Private Dining Room

Closed Press

2:05PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks

AARP, Washington, DC

Travel Pool Coverage (In-Town Travel Pool Gather 1:10PM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

5:15PM THE PRESIDENT participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony

Oval Office

Closed Press

Briefing Schedule

12:00PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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