What's Happening

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

Later in the morning, President Obama will deliver remarks to the AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting at the Washington Convention Center. The President’s remarks are pooled press.  The President will discuss the steps we have taken to rebuild the economy and create jobs, and the fact that while we have a long way to go, we are headed in the right direction.  The President will continue to lay out the choice we face on the economy today: whether to move forward on new ways to create jobs and strengthen our recovery, or go back to the failed policies of the past that led to a decade of economic insecurity for the middle class, culminating in a recession that has cost 8 million jobs. 

Later, the President will have lunch with Senators in the Roosevelt Room. This lunch is closed press.

In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks and present the 2010 Citizens Medal to 13 winners from across the country at an event in the East Room. For 40 years, the Presidential Citizens Medal has recognized Americans who have “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.” This Medal is among the highest honors a President can bestow, and it stands as a token of gratitude to those who represent what is best about this Nation. The President’s remarks are open press.

Later, the President will meet with Senator Mitch McConnell in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.

Later in the afternooon, the President will travel to Chicago, Illinois where he will spend the night. The departure from the South Lawn and the arrival at Chicago O’Hare International Airport are open press.
 

In the morning, the President will travel to Atlanta, Georgia. The departure from the South Lawn and arrival at Dobbins Air Reserve Base are open press. Later in the morning, the President will speak at the national convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia. He will address our ongoing drawdown in Iraq as we near the goal of ending our combat mission at the end of August, as well as our support for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And he will discuss the Administration’s commitment to serve our veterans as well as they have served us. The President’s remarks are open press.
 
In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks at a DNC finance event. There will be travel pool coverage of the President’s remarks.
 
The President will return to Washington, DC later in the afternoon. The departure from Dobbins Air Reserve Base and the arrival on the South Lawn are open press. The President will then meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.
 

In the morning, the President will deliver a major education reform speech at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention at the Washington Convention Center. The President will discuss how his signature Race to the Top program and other initiatives are driving education reform across the country and focusing the nation on the goal of preparing students for college and careers.   He will highlight the unprecedented support for and adoption of common standards by a majority of states already, and the Administration’s commitment to develop the next generation of high-quality assessments benchmarked to common standards.  The President’s speech will focus on the dramatic reforms that states, school districts, schools and teachers unions have undertaken over the past 18 months, including steps to improve teacher effectiveness and transform persistently low-performing schools. The President’s remarks are open to pre-credentialed media, however the deadline to request credentials has passed.

Later in the morning, the President will meet with his national security team for his monthly meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room. This meeting is closed press. Expected attendees include:

The Vice President
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor
Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
David Gompert, Acting Director of National Intelligence
Leon Panetta, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID
James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
Jack Lew, Deputy Secretary of State
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Doug Lute, Coordinator for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Mary DeRosa, Deputy White House Counsel and National Security Staff Legal Advisor
General David Petraeus (via videoconference)
Lt Gen John Allen (via videoconference)
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry (via videoconference)
Ambassador Anne Patterson (via videoconference)

In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will have lunch in the Private Dining Room. This lunch is closed press. Later, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.

Later in the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks and sign the Tribal Law and Order Act in the East Room. This event is open press.

In the evening, the President will attend a DNC finance event at a private residence. This event is closed press.
 

In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press.

Later in the morning, the President will meet with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Mitch McConnell, Congressman John Boehner, and Congressman Steny Hoyer in the Cabinet Room. There will be a spray for pool still photographers only at the bottom of the meeting. Following this meeting, the President will deliver a statement to the press in the Rose Garden. The President’s remarks are open press.
In the afternoon, the President will have lunch with House Members in the Roosevelt Room. This lunch is closed press.

Later in the afternoon, the President will congratulate the 2009 Little League Softball World Series Champions from Warner Robins, Georgia in the East Room. This event is closed press. Later, the President will meet separately with Secretary of the Treasury Geithner and Secretary of Defense Gates in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press.

In the evening, the President will attend a DNC Fundraising Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. This event is closed press.