The Presidential Planner
EmailFrom Sunlen Miller: Today all eyes are on the President and First Lady’s skills hosting their first official state visit welcoming Prime Minister Singh of India and his wife to the White House. The agenda is busy — filled with all the pomp and circumstance of the traditonal, formal event as well as an important day of working meetings between two world leaders. “This is a very important relationship with a very important country that we have in the world,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, “That's why India was chosen to be the first visit. I think that's why the White House wanted to have something as formal as this to discuss throughout this process the issues that we have bilaterally.” The two leaders will meet one-on-one and then hold an expanded meeting with their delegations. On the docket for today’s discussions will be counterterrorism, the economy, energy, and climate change. The two leaders will then hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House. But the main event will be the glitzy and glamorous nighttime state dinner in the evening. 320 invited guests dressed in specified "black tie" attire will flood on the South Lawn under a large white tent for the formal — and much anticipated -state dinner. Read more on tonight's dinner here. Outside of Mr. Obama's hosting duties the President will hold separate meetings behind closed doors with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Secretary of Defense Gates and the Vice President in the Oval Office. -Sunlen Miller
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How come ABC is not reporting on the the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,IPPC scandal? Obama is going to be pushing the Cap & Trade bill soon and from what I can tell from the early reports, the “man made” climate change issues is a big hoax! Do you think Al Gore was involved or just taking advantage of the situation?
Posted by: Greg | November 24, 2009, 7:42 am 7:42 am
Greg, I so agree. This hoax that has played out as a money grab should be
exposed for the scandal it is. I long
for the day when news organizations would
do investigative reporting. This story
is huge. Instead we are being told who
is coming to the big state dinner tonite.
People are mad as hell about jobs and
we have to hear about this elaborate
party. Something is really wrong with
things. I think people have gone mad.
Posted by: wis134 | November 24, 2009, 7:58 am 7:58 am
There should be a criminal investigation into Algore and the Global Warming scam.
Posted by: Roy Bean | November 24, 2009, 9:04 am 9:04 am
There should be an investigation into the ignorance of the GOP and the rejectionist conservatives who are too stupid to accept the FACT that both polar ice sheets are shrinking.
Posted by: Steve Hanes | November 24, 2009, 9:19 am 9:19 am
Steve, from The Australian:
“Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap.
“The results of ice-core drilling and sea ice monitoring indicate there is no large-scale melting of ice over most of Antarctica…”
And, from the University of Illinois, which has been keeping records for thirty years, “The Arctic broke the previous record for the least sea ice area ever recorded, while the Antarctic broke the record for the most sea ice area ever recorded. Summed up over the entire earth, polar ice has remained constant. There has been no net gain or loss of polar sea ice since record keeping began.”
Please, ABC, send some sharp young investigative reporters to cover the Climategate email scandal.
Posted by: Krakatoa | November 24, 2009, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm
Nobody with half a brain will deny that global warming is not happening it is just that it is natural and has ocured thousands of times in the past and will again in the future but we dont cause it, we might contribute so minute a part that it is almost not mesurable, but Al gore and other dishonest persons should not get rich from this hoax.
Posted by: earl | November 24, 2009, 6:55 pm 6:55 pm