Obama guidance, press schedule, Feb. 19, 2015. To Chicago for Pullman National Monument

By Lynn Sweet

Below, from the White House…

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 18, 2015

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR

THURSDAY, FEBURARY 19, 2015

In the morning, the President will go to the State Department to deliver remarks to a high-level Ministerial as part of the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. The President’s remarks are pooled press.

Later in the morning, the President will designate the Browns Canyon National Monument. There will be a photojournalist spray of this signing in the Oval Office.

In the afternoon, the President will travel to Chicago, Illinois. The departure from the South Lawn is open press, and the arrival at Chicago O’Hare International Airport is open to pre-credentialed media.

While in Chicago, the President will deliver remarks and announce the Pullman National Monument, as well as Browns National Monument in Colorado and Honouliuli National Monument in Hawaii. This event at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy is open to pre-credentialed media and will be livestreamed on www.WhiteHouse.gov/live.

Afterward, the President will depart Illinois en route Washington, DC. The departure from Chicago O’Hare International Airport is open to pre-credentialed media, and the arrival on the South Lawn is open press.

In-Town Travel Pool

Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg

Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP

TV Corr & Crew: ABC

Print: Wall Street Journal

Radio: SRN

Out-of-Town Travel Pool

Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg

Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP

TV Corr & Crew: ABC

Print: Wall Street Journal

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