President Obama official schedule and guidance, Oct. 14, 2009. Meets with war cabinet

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 13, 2009

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009

In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. The President will then meet with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room. This meeting is closed press. Expected attendees include:

Vice President Biden

Secretary of State Clinton (via videoconference)

Secretary of Defense Gates

Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew

Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command

General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)

Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence

CIA Director Leon Panetta

Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)

Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)

General James Jones, National Security Advisor

Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor

John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security

Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan

In the afternoon, the President and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will tour the Fairfax County Parkway Extension project, the largest Recovery Act project in Virginia. The tour is pooled press. After the tour, the President will deliver remarks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act. The remarks are pooled press.

Later, the President will sign an Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group to address issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. At the East Room ceremony, the President will also observe Diwali, or the “Festival of Lights,” a holiday celebrated across faiths. This event is open press and will be streamed live on www.WhiteHouse.gov.

In the evening, the President will deliver remarks at an event at the Ritz Carlton Hotel celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The President’s remarks are pooled press. The Institute will be dedicated to educating the general public, students, teachers, new Senators, and Senate staff about the role and importance of the Senate. In keeping with Senator Kennedy’s lifetime of public service, a major goal of the Institute will be to improve civic education in the nation and educate and inspire a new generation of active citizens and legislators. The Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Columbia Point in Boston.

Also tomorrow, in the second installment of an innovative new series reaching out to states and regions across the country, the White House and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will welcome Senator Patty Murray for a live online video chat at 3:45PM EDT. The Secretary and the Senator will sit down for a half hour at the White House in a session streamed live at www.WhiteHouse.gov to answer the questions that the Senator hears most frequently from her constituents in Washington state. In addition to being streamed live at WhiteHouse.gov, the Secretary and the Senator and will also take questions live through the White House’s video chat Facebook application. The Facebook application can be viewed at any time at: http://apps.facebook.com/whitehouselive/.

In-Town Travel Pool

Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg

Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP

TV Corr & Crew: CBS

Print: Hearst Newspapers

Radio: ABC

Travel Photo: TIME

EDT

9:00AM Pool Call Time

9:20AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

Oval Office

Closed Press

9:45AM THE PRESIDENT meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan

Situation Room

Closed Press

2:05PM THE PRESIDENT and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tour construction site

Fairfax County Parkway Extension

Pooled Press (Gather Time 1:25PM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

2:20PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act

Fairfax County Parkway Extension

Pooled Press

3:50PM THE PRESIDENT signs Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group and observes Diwali

East Room

Open Press (Pre-set 2:50PM – Final Gather 3:20PM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

7:10PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Ritz Carlton Hotel

Pooled Press for remarks (Gather Time 6:00PM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

Briefing Schedule

2:30PM Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

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