The President meets with his national security team on Iraq

Date: 
11:00 AM

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
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
Leon Panetta, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Jack Lew, Deputy Secretary of State
General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt Gen John Allen (via videoconference), Acting Commander of Central Command
Jeff Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Asian Affairs
Ambassador Chris Hill (via videoconference), Ambassador to Iraq
Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
General Ray Odierno (via videoconference), Commander USF-I
Gary Grindler, Acting Deputy Attorney General
Rob Nabors, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget
Erica Barks-Ruggles, Deputy to the U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President meets with senior advisors

Date: 
10:30 AM
Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

Date: 
9:30 AM
Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President signs the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance

Date: 
5:15 PM
Press Access: 
Pool Spray
Press Info: 
(Gather Time 5:00PM – Brady Press Briefing Room)

The President meets with Secretary of Defense Gates

Date: 
4:30 PM
Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony

Date: 
2:45 PM

The President will participate in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office. At this event, the President will receive the credentials from foreign Ambassadors recently posted in Washington. The presentation of credentials is a traditional ceremony that marks the formal beginning of an Ambassador’s service in Washington.

The following Ambassadors will attend:
Ambassador Alieu Momodou Ngum, Gambia
Ambassador Hubert John Charles, Dominica
Ambassador Joao P. Castanheira Do Vale de Almeida, European Union
Ambassador Abednigo Mandla Ntshangase, Swaziland
Ambassador Elkanah Odembo Absalom, Kenya
Ambassador Mohamed Lemine El Haycen, Mauritania
Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa
Ambassador Elena Borislavova Poptodorova Petrova, Bulgaria
Ambassador Michael Kenneth Moore, New Zealand
Ambassador Zygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania
Ambassador Afelee Falema Pita, Tuvalu

Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President meets with senior advisors

Date: 
1:50 PM
Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President delivers remarks on teacher jobs

Date: 
11:40 AM
Press Access: 
Open Press
Press Info: 
(Pre-set 10:40AM – Final Gather 11:10AM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

The President receives the Economic Daily Briefing

Date: 
10:30 AM
Press Access: 
Closed Press

The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

Date: 
10:00 AM
Press Access: 
Closed Press