Obama Watch: Week of December 21
Obama gets vaccinated and the First Family is Hawaii bound. Get more!
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Monday - After receiving his daily briefing, President Obama will meet with the National Economic Council in the Roosevelt Room.
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SAVE Award Winner - Following the morning meetings, the president will meet with Nancy Fichtner, a winner of the SAVE (Securing Americans Value and Efficiency) Award in the Oval Office. Obama will then speak about making the government more efficient and effective in the Diplomatic Reception Room.
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Meeting with Clinton - The President will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the afternoon.
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Small Business Meeting - Last week Obama met with leaders of large banks and big financial institutions. Today, as a follow up, he’ll meet with the CEOs of small and community banks at the White House. During the meeting, they will discuss ways they can collaborate and continue to make progress in the recovering economy.
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In First Lady News... - First Lady Michelle Obama will visit the Children’s National Medical Center in D.C. Tuesday afternoon. During her time at the center, she will thank the staff for their work, and visit children.
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Campaigning in 2010? - While next year’s congressional elections could be very important for the advancement of the president’s agenda, the White House still hasn’t announced whether the First Lady will be stepping out on the campaign trail.
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Last Week... - The First Lady played Santa last Wednesday, when she delivered six big sacks of toys to the U.S. Marine Corps Base for their annual Toys for Tots program. What she brought was only a portion of the 500 toys collected during the White House toy drive.
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H1N1 Vaccine - The president and first lady got their H1N1 vaccinations this past weekend. On Monday, he endorsed the shot in an interview with American Urban Radio Networks’ April Ryan. “People need to understand that this vaccine is safe….If I had the two people that are most important in my life – my two daughters – get it right away and they’ve been just fine with it and in fact haven’t gotten sick this entire flu season” you need to make sure your children get it as well, Obama said.
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Climate Conference - On the last day of the climate conference in Copenhagen, President Obama brokered a deal between the U.S., China and a few other nations called the “Copenhagen Accord.” While the agreement stops short of mandating countries take steps to stop global warming, it does urge more cuts in emission of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming, reports the Associated Press.