Mar 12, 2010 7:00am
The Presidential Planner
EmailABC News' Sunlen Miller reports:
After receiving his regular morning briefings, President Obama will meet with this national security team in the Situation Room on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Expected attendees include:
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
- Ambassador Susan Rice, permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations
- Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (via videoconference)
- Karl Eikenberry, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
- Anne Patterson, U.S. ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
- Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC, vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
- Adm. Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence
- CIA Director Leon Panetta
- Gen. James Jones, national security advisor
- Tom Donilon, deputy national security advisor
- John Brennan, assistant to the president for counterterrorism and homeland security
- Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, special assistant to the president for Afghanistan and Pakistan
In the afternoon, the president will meet with the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the Old Family Dining Room. The PCAST is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers who advise the president, and make policy recommendations on issues of science, technology and innovation.
-Sunlen Miller
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..and, as POTUS has said, he thought that the Iraq war would be the stitch in his side..
He needs to do something in these two countries.. like get out fast.. as I have written on various blogs.. if we win the war in the …istans.. how will we know.. like will their be a heroin, goat and terrorist census…
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | March 12, 2010, 8:18 am 8:18 am
“Obama Calls for US to ‘Up Our Game’ on Exports”
Well, starting trade wars with Europe and China is not how you lead the way!
From Reuters:
–President Nicolas Sarkozy of France accused Washington on Friday of setting the wrong example on protectionism, suggesting there had not been a level playing field in the race for a $50 billion refuelling plane contract.—
Posted by: Trade Czar | March 12, 2010, 10:53 am 10:53 am
I am glad we have you two experts to advise the president, otherwise he would not know what to do. (tradeczar &Dontget8) As for the war….he will get our guys out and he is addrssing the war in Afghanistan far more that Bush did. He is taking it right to the enemy and has killed or captured more of the top level terrorists than anyone in the last 8 years. Let’s give him some credit for something. If you are going to be angry let’s be angry at the person who got us into the war in Iraq on false pretenses. No signs or indignation here after the needless loss of all those lives. The soldiers did everything they were asked to do and we are all proud of them. The ones who sent them there…that’s another story.
Posted by: talmag | March 12, 2010, 4:35 pm 4:35 pm
All I’m saying is that if you don’t have a firm and realistic goal.. what are you fighting for.. I think it’s about employment and economics.. not terror. And.. this is a blog.. it’s not a direct line to the POTUS.. who cares what the proletariat thinks anyway.. my ego isn’t that big.. and I’m not that delusional.. it’s just talk.. we all have opinions.. it’s fun to kibbutz.. I wouldn’t want his life or job..
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | March 12, 2010, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm
yes i am agree with this commeny.
“Obama Calls for US to ‘Up Our Game’ on Exports”
Well, starting trade wars with Europe and China is not how you lead the way!
From Reuters:
–President Nicolas Sarkozy of France accused Washington on Friday of setting the wrong example on protectionism, suggesting there had not been a level playing field in the race for a $50 billion refuelling plane contract.—
Posted by: Ilan Ben Menachem | March 18, 2010, 5:48 am 5:48 am