President Obama official schedule and guidance, Jan. 5, 2010. Meeting on Flight 253 terrorist attack

By Sun-Times Wire

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 4, 2010

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010

In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office and the Economic Daily Briefing in the Roosevelt Room. The President will then meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press.

In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will meet with relevant agency heads to discuss ongoing reviews of the Christmas Day incident as well as security enhancements and intelligence-sharing improvements in our homeland security and counterterrorism operations in the Situation Room. This meeting is closed press. Expected attendees include:

State of State Hillary Clinton

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano

Attorney General Eric Holder

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu

Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence

Leon Panetta, Director of the CIA

Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI

LTG Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency

Michael Leiter, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

General James Jones, National Security Advisor

Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor

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

Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Denis McDonough, NSS Chief of Staff

Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications

Nick Rasmussen, Senior Director for Counterterrorism, NSS

Heidi Avery, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, NSS

Bob Bauer, White House Counsel

Mary DeRosa, Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs

Following the meeting, the President will deliver brief remarks in the Grand Foyer. This event is pooled for TV and open to correspondents.

Later, the President and the Vice President will meet with Secretary of Defense Gates in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.

In the evening, the President and the Vice President will meet with House and Senate Democratic leadership in the Oval Office. Speaker Pelosi and Representative Hoyer will attend the meeting in person and Senator Reid and Senator Durbin will participate via conference call. This meeting is closed press.

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EST

9:30AM Pool Call Time

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

Oval Office

Closed Press