NOTE: Attached is background guidance for tomorrow’s events.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2009
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009
In the morning, President Obama will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in Los Angeles, CA. The President will then tour the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona, CA. The tour will be pooled press. Following the tour, he will deliver remarks. The President’s remarks will be pooled press.
The President will then depart Pomona and travel to the Miguel Contreras Learning Center in Los Angeles to hold a town hall meeting with local residents. He will be joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. The event will be open press.
The President will then tape an interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which will air Thursday night.
The President will depart California in the evening to return to Washington, D.C. The departure from Long Beach Airport and the arrival on the South Lawn are open press.
Intown Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: New York Daily News
Radio: VOA
Magazine Photo: Newsweek
Out of Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: New York Times
Magazine Photo: TIME
Thursday, March 19, 2009
PDT
9:00AM THE PRESIDENT receives Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
10:30AM THE PRESIDENT tours the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center Garage of the Future
Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center, Pomona, CA
Out of Town Travel Pool
10:45AM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks
Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center
Out of Town Travel Pool
12:05PM THE PRESIDENT departs Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center
Out of Town Travel Pool
1:10PM THE PRESIDENT holds town hall at Miguel Contreras Learning Center
Los Angeles, CA
Open Press
3:10PM THE PRESIDENT departs Miguel Contreras Learning Center
Out of Town Travel Pool
4:20PM THE PRESIDENT tapes an interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Burbank, CA
Out of Town Travel Pool
5:50PM THE PRESIDENT departs Long Beach, CA en route Andrews Air Force Base
Long Beach Airport
Open Press
Friday, March 20, 2009
EDT
1:05AM THE PRESIDENT arrives at Andrews Air Force Base
Out of Town Travel Pool
1:20AM THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House
South Lawn
Open Press (Pre-Set 12:50AM – Final Gather 1:05AM – North Doors of the Palm Room)
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