President's Tuesday Schedule

We won't be seeing much of the President today. He'll make one public appearance tonight at a reception with Greek Prime Minister Papandreou to mark Greek Independence Day. But their meeting in the Oval Office - where topics like Afghanistan and Greece's market-shaking debt crisis will be discussed - is closed press.


The President also meets with a bipartisan group of Senators to discuss energy/climate legislation. Along with healthcare and education, this is one of Obama's top three priorities. The House has passed an energy/climate bill, but a similar bill is bogged down in the Senate. Obama has hinted that the thorniest part of the Senate bill - cap-and-trade - could be taken out of the bill. Expected to attend are:


Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
Senator George LeMieux (R-FL)
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)


Also on the President's agenda today: another lunch with a group of CEOs. The White House will get their credit card numbers and charge them for their meal. The President will also talk with his Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in the Roosevelt Room, and thank them for their work.


The Schedule



EST

9:30AM Pool Call Time

9:30AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office


10:00AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Economic Daily Briefing
Oval Office

10:30AM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors
Oval Office

12:15PM THE PRESIDENT has lunch with business leaders
Private Dining Room

2:00PM THE PRESIDENT meets with Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece
Oval Office

3:10PM THE PRESIDENT greets and thanks members of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Roosevelt Room


4:30PM THE PRESIDENT meets with a bipartisan group of Senators to discuss energy, Cabinet Room

5:30PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at reception honoring Greek Independence Day
East Room


Briefing Schedule

1:30PM Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs