http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/complete
4:20 am The President departs London, United Kingdom en route Deauville, France
Local Event Time: 9:20 AM BST
London, Stansted Airport, United Kingdom
Open Press
5:45 am The President holds a bilateral meeting with President Medvedev of Russia
Local Event Time: 11:45 AM CEST
Deauville, France, Hotel Royal Barriere
Pool Spray at the Bottom
6:55 am The President arrives at Villa La Cercle and is welcomed by President Sarkozy of France
Local Event Time: 12:55 PM CEST
Deauville, France, Villa La Cercle
Travel Pool Coverage
7:00 am The President attends a working lunch with G-8 Leaders
Local Event Time: 1:00 PM CEST
Centre International de Deauville, Deauville, France
Closed Press
8:45 am The President participates in a G-8 Working Session
Local Event Time: 2:45 PM CEST
Centre International de Deauville, Deauville, France
Pool Spray at the Top
10:30 am The President participates in a G-8 Working Session
Local Event Time: 4:30 PM CEST
Centre International de Deauville, Deauville, France
Pool Spray at the Top
11:45 am The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Kan of Japan
Local Event Time: 5:45 PM CEST
Deauville, France, Hotel Royal Barriere
Pool Spray at the Top
1:30 pm The President has dinner with G-8 Leaders
Local Event Time: 7:30 PM CEST
Deauville, France, Le Ciro’s Barriere Restaurant
Closed Press
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
1:00 pm The Vice President holds the next meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral group of Members of Congress to continue work on a legislative framework for comprehensive deficit reduction
U.S. Capitol | Show Details
Participants in the meeting will include the Vice President, Senator Daniel Inouye, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Max Baucus, Representative Eric Cantor, Representative James Clyburn, Representative Chris Van Hollen, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jacob Lew, and Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
President Obama's Gaffes Continue
If I recall correctly, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, the only "gaffes" the most recent President Bush made were to be a bit creative with words, and of course pronounce words with a Texan accent.
But President Obama?
Here's the latest on how he's faring in jolly old England:
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But President Obama?
Here's the latest on how he's faring in jolly old England:
Libs blame botched toast on everyone but Obama.The first thing you look at is the Queen, and you note the Queen fully aware of the gaffe that's taking place here. I mean you do not offer the Queen your glass until the music's over. You don't pick up your glass and offer your Queen your glass to toast until the music's over. He had no teleprompter 'cause you can't put one in there so he's got no cards and they're on the table, and they're way back so he has to lean over to read every other word of the toast. He blows the word "vitality" at the beginning; he pauses because he's unsure of himself and the band (for whatever reason) starts playing. My take, when I look at it, I said, "This is like the Academy Awards where some recipient's gone on and on too long and they give him the hook." So he continues to give the toast while the band is playing "God Save the Queen." He finally figures out he should stop that. It's totally botched.
Here is the audio of that: Buckingham Palace yesterday in London.
OBAMA: Ladies and gentlemen, please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast: To Her Majesty the Queen. The vit...al...ity of --
(band strikes up "God Save the Queen")
OBAMA: -- the special relationship between our peoples and in the words of Shakespeare, "To this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. To the Queen...
RUSH: At that point he gave up. The Queen's looking dumbfounded, not looking at him. He's offering her the glass. She doesn't clink it. He finally goes on a little longer and he says again "to the Queen," and they clink glasses and so forth. Now, here's the media montage. Of course, now, if Bush had done this it would have been portrayed as a horrible breach of protocol, and an international incident, but with Obama it's everybody else's fault but his.
JAKE TAPPER: The orchestra mistakenly played the British National Anthem, "God Save the Queen," before the president was done. He forged on undeterred.
SUNLEN MILLER: Interrupting the President's toast! Music over his words to the Queen.
CARL QUINTANILLA: The band started up.... Band started up before he was finished with his toast.
ROBERT MOORE: The band struck up the National Anthem too early.
CHIP REID: The special moment turned awkward when the orchestra started playing "God Save the Queen" while the president was still toasting.
ARTHUR AIDALA: Poor Obama! I don't think he knew what to do.
F. CHUCK TODD: Somebody in the President's, uh, protocol staff, uh, clearly didn't brief him well enough.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: She kind of left him hanging. Would it have killed her...?
F. CHUCK TODD: She really did! (chuckles)
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: She could have just said, "To heck with the protocol; I'll clink your glass."
RUSH: See? The Queen botched it. The Queen should have understood what was going on. Obama was poorly briefed. (sigh) I'm tired of people making excuses for these people. It's everybody else's fault but the Obamas -- the worldly, sophisticated Obamas. He seems to be... I mean, "God Save the Queen!" I mean, it's a national anthem. You shut up. He seems to be unaware that it is standard practice to pipe down and stand at attention when a national anthem is being played. He was the last guy to put his glass down. He was the only guy with his glass up, put his glass down when he finally figured it out and stood at the quasi-attention. Toasts to the Queen by tradition are brief and to the point. Nobody gives speeches. You say, "To Her Majesty the Queen," and you sit down and you shut up. In fact, I don't even think it was the fault of the orchestra, because traditionally toasts to the Queen are very short and they're not much more involved than "To the Queen." That's it. I think the band probably figured, "Okay, that's toast. Let's get it in gear, here, Lester." It was kinda funny to watch.
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Does The Cream Rise to the Top (or...Is College Necessary)
Rush spoke a bit about Peter Thiel, one of the cofounders of Paypal, who is conducting an experiment, paying some top students to stop attending college and rather work on their ideas for two years.
Rush then points out that he never went to college, and look at him now.
The question is, what kind of people can succeed without going to college? Well - those who are great with computers, obviously. I believe Steve Jobs never went to college. He didn't need to! (Although, it's one thing to not need college level classes in computers or what have you, but if you want to form your own business, you need to take classes in accounting, advertising, and running a business! If not from a votech or college, from a few good books!
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Rush then points out that he never went to college, and look at him now.
The question is, what kind of people can succeed without going to college? Well - those who are great with computers, obviously. I believe Steve Jobs never went to college. He didn't need to! (Although, it's one thing to not need college level classes in computers or what have you, but if you want to form your own business, you need to take classes in accounting, advertising, and running a business! If not from a votech or college, from a few good books!
RUSH: Peter Thiel, one of the cofounders of PayPal, he's also a bigwig in a gay activist group, GOProud, gay Republicans. I have met Peter Thiel. I have met Peter Thiel at the home of Ann Coulter. He is a smart guy. I had a conversation with him one night with Conrad Black and we were discussing China, economics and so forth. That's just who he is, cofounder of PayPal. You might have seen him mentioned if you saw the movie Social Network. He was mentioned in the latter half of the movie when they're setting up Facebook.
This story is from the San Francisco Chronicle: "In a move meant to provoke thought about the value of higher education, Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, is giving 24 students money not to attend college for two years but to develop their ideas instead. The winners were announced today for a new fellowship that has sparked heated debate in academic circles for questioning the value of higher education and suggesting that some entrepreneurial students may be better off leaving college. Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, will pay each of the 24 winners of his Thiel Fellowship $100,000 not to attend college for two years and to develop business ideas instead.
"The fellows, all 20 years old or younger, will leave institutions including Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University, to work with a network of more than 100 Silicon Valley mentors and further develop their ideas in areas such as biotechnology, education, and energy. More than 400 people applied for the fellowship, and 45 of them were flown out to San Francisco in late March." I think essentially here a scholarship not to go to the college. (interruption) Oh, you don't like this, Dawn? You're shaking your head in there? I know this is a touchy subject for a lot of people.
As many of you may know and remember, I did not go to college. I came very close to flunking out because I got an F in speech class twice, if you can believe it. I went to every class. I gave every speech. I just didn't outline them according to the instructions that were given, so I got an F for insolence and insubordination. I said, "You should call the class outline 101, not speech 101." And then there was ballroom dance, I've told the story over and over again. But I knew what I wanted to do. I knew when I was eight what I wanted to do. When I started working my first job was shining shoes at the barbershop. I wanted to always work. I started in radio when I was 16 and every day of summer vacation I'm getting up at four or five o'clock in the morning go to work at a radio station. You couldn't keep me out of there. I just loved it. From the time I discovered that and when I first started work at a radio station everything else to me was a problem, everything else was an obstacle. It was not helpful and led to great problems with my father.
My father and mother came from the Great Depression. That was the formative experience in their lives, and given that their belief was, and what they inculcated to me and my brother, who did go to college, as a lawyer and a talent agent and an author and a columnist, they told us you have no prayer of making anything of yourself if you don't go to college. I didn't rebel against my parents in the typical ways that kids rebel. I didn't think they were full of it and try to burn down the house or anything, but I did rebel in telling them that, you know, your values are not mine. I know what I want to do. I was so impatient to get started doing it.
I remember when I got my first job out of town, which is Pittsburgh in 1971, something hit me. I left home and I realized I'm gonna have to be able to demonstrate what I know 'cause I don't have a diploma that says I'm educated, and I'm never gonna have one 'cause I could not stand the classroom. I hated it. It was like prison. But that value of my father's is an American dream value. Go to college or you don't stand a chance. It still hasn't changed much. And as you know, there are anecdotal examples of people that dropped out that are very famous. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, any number of entrepreneurs. The Zuckerberg guy dropped out of Harvard to devote full time to Facebook. And you can't take anecdotes like that, say, "Well, that's good for everybody." But with the cost of a college education these days, I am seeing more and more people asking themselves, is it ultimately worth it? Is there value here in it? In the sense that, okay, you go to junior high, high school, you graduate, and then it's just automatic, next stop, college, gotta go there, gotta park yourself there ....
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25 May, 2011, Wed, Rush Limbaugh headlines
--Get a Grip, Wishy-Washy GOP! Dems Pull Off Fraud Win in NY-26
Paul Ryan's Medicare reform did not lose this election.
--Queen Declines to Bail Out Bam
Libs blame botched toast on everyone but Obama.
--Media Defends Obama on Disasters
So what if there's death, destruction across the country?
--Amazing Line from Joplin, Missouri
"Everybody's doing pretty good, all things considered."
• Novel That Woke Up Rush Early: The Jefferson Key
Talk Radio Can't Do This Alone: Stand Up and Sell Conservatism
We need elected conservatives to step up and lead.
--The Truth About Medicare
It'll be destroyed for real if we just do an Atlas Shrugged.
--Obama Beatable, Despite His Race
Shelby Steele's interesting column on the 2012 election.
WSJ: Obama's Unspoken Re-Election Edge
--Passion Defines Bibi Netanyahu
Great leaders in all fields have this trait in common.
Welcome Back, Kotter Parody: Give It Back
--Maybe Going to College Really Isn't the Next Thing You Should Do
PayPal co-founder pays kids not to go to school
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Paul Ryan's Medicare reform did not lose this election.
--Queen Declines to Bail Out Bam
Libs blame botched toast on everyone but Obama.
--Media Defends Obama on Disasters
So what if there's death, destruction across the country?
--Amazing Line from Joplin, Missouri
"Everybody's doing pretty good, all things considered."
• Novel That Woke Up Rush Early: The Jefferson Key
Talk Radio Can't Do This Alone: Stand Up and Sell Conservatism
We need elected conservatives to step up and lead.
--The Truth About Medicare
It'll be destroyed for real if we just do an Atlas Shrugged.
--Obama Beatable, Despite His Race
Shelby Steele's interesting column on the 2012 election.
WSJ: Obama's Unspoken Re-Election Edge
--Passion Defines Bibi Netanyahu
Great leaders in all fields have this trait in common.
Welcome Back, Kotter Parody: Give It Back
--Maybe Going to College Really Isn't the Next Thing You Should Do
PayPal co-founder pays kids not to go to school
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25 May, 2011, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedules
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/164216.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
Secretary Clinton accompanies President Obama on his State Visit in London, United Kingdom. Later in the day, Secretary Clinton travels to Paris, France to participate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting and 50th Anniversary Commemoration.
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a White House meeting.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
11:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers remarks to the Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) Conference, at the National Defense University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a White House meeting.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Max Stier and Tina Sung, of the Partnership for Public Service, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
Under Secretary Burns is on foreign travel in Deauville, France through May 28, accompanying President Obama to the G-8 Summit.
US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to participate in the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris, France and in the G-8 Summit in Deauville, France through May 28.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting and Working Lunch, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
8:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in the G-8 dinner and Working Session, in Deauville, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Matt Armstrong, Executive Director of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel.
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher speaks with Swedish Foreign Ministry Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher speaks with Belgian Director General for Multilateral Affairs Jean-Arthur Régibeau.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL:
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.
AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake speaks to students from the College of International Security Affairs, at the National Defense University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with John Gerretsen, International Oil and Gas Manager for Solar Turbines, Inc, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Lois Quam, Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the International Judicial Relations Committee Spring meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends a reception hosted by the Colombian Embassy on the Tall Ship ARC “Gloria,” in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
Assistant Secretary Campbell hosts senior officials from the ASEAN nations for the 24th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue and the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Senior Officials Meeting, at the United States Institute of Peace.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFF FELTMAN:
Assistant Secretary Feltman is on foreign travel in Cairo, Egypt through May 26. While in Cairo, he is meeting with senior government officials and civil and political society activists.
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ:
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in Paris, France to participate in the 50th Anniversary of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting.
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON:
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.
COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL:
9:30 a.m. Coordinator McCall meets with members of the United States Judicial Conference Committee on International Judicial Relations, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Schwartz moderates a panel discussion following a screening of the PBS film “Welcome to Shelbyville,” in the George Marshall Conference Center at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR POLITICAL MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers closing remarks to the Foreign Policy Advisors (POLAD) Conference, at the National Defense University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
Assistant Secretary Valenzuela is on foreign travel to Costa Rica and Mexico through May 27.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN:
Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel in North Africa through May 27.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with State Acting Inspector General Harold Geisel to discuss PEPFAR’s in-country operations, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby hosts a roundtable discussion with journalists to discuss PEPFAR’s progress in the global HIV/AIDS response in light of the upcoming 30th anniversary of the AIDS pandemic and the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel in Paris, France accompanying Secretary Clinton to the OECD Ministerial Meeting. After Paris, Ambassador Verveer continues on foreign travel to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea through June 1. Click here for more information.
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer accompanies Secretary Clinton to the OECD’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration, in Paris, France.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON:Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel in Israel until May 25.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS:
Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in China through June 3 to participate in programs with national and provincial officials.
SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TODD STERN:
2:30 p.m. Special Envoy Stern appears before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
Click here for more information.
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
Secretary Clinton accompanies President Obama on his State Visit in London, United Kingdom. Later in the day, Secretary Clinton travels to Paris, France to participate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting and 50th Anniversary Commemoration.
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a White House meeting.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
11:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers remarks to the Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) Conference, at the National Defense University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a White House meeting.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Max Stier and Tina Sung, of the Partnership for Public Service, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
Under Secretary Burns is on foreign travel in Deauville, France through May 28, accompanying President Obama to the G-8 Summit.
US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to participate in the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris, France and in the G-8 Summit in Deauville, France through May 28.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting and Working Lunch, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
8:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in the G-8 dinner and Working Session, in Deauville, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Matt Armstrong, Executive Director of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel.
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher speaks with Swedish Foreign Ministry Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher speaks with Belgian Director General for Multilateral Affairs Jean-Arthur Régibeau.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL:
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.
AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake speaks to students from the College of International Security Affairs, at the National Defense University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with John Gerretsen, International Oil and Gas Manager for Solar Turbines, Inc, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Lois Quam, Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the International Judicial Relations Committee Spring meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends a reception hosted by the Colombian Embassy on the Tall Ship ARC “Gloria,” in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
Assistant Secretary Campbell hosts senior officials from the ASEAN nations for the 24th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue and the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Senior Officials Meeting, at the United States Institute of Peace.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFF FELTMAN:
Assistant Secretary Feltman is on foreign travel in Cairo, Egypt through May 26. While in Cairo, he is meeting with senior government officials and civil and political society activists.
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ:
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in Paris, France to participate in the 50th Anniversary of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting.
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON:
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.
COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL:
9:30 a.m. Coordinator McCall meets with members of the United States Judicial Conference Committee on International Judicial Relations, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Schwartz moderates a panel discussion following a screening of the PBS film “Welcome to Shelbyville,” in the George Marshall Conference Center at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR POLITICAL MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers closing remarks to the Foreign Policy Advisors (POLAD) Conference, at the National Defense University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
Assistant Secretary Valenzuela is on foreign travel to Costa Rica and Mexico through May 27.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN:
Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel in North Africa through May 27.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with State Acting Inspector General Harold Geisel to discuss PEPFAR’s in-country operations, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby hosts a roundtable discussion with journalists to discuss PEPFAR’s progress in the global HIV/AIDS response in light of the upcoming 30th anniversary of the AIDS pandemic and the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel in Paris, France accompanying Secretary Clinton to the OECD Ministerial Meeting. After Paris, Ambassador Verveer continues on foreign travel to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea through June 1. Click here for more information.
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer accompanies Secretary Clinton to the OECD’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration, in Paris, France.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON:Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel in Israel until May 25.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS:
Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in China through June 3 to participate in programs with national and provincial officials.
SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TODD STERN:
2:30 p.m. Special Envoy Stern appears before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
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PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
25 May, 2011, Wed, Pres and VP Schedules
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president
4:50 am The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Cameron
Local Event Time: 9:50 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Top
5:05 am The President holds a meeting with Prime Minister Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Clegg
Local Event Time: 10:05 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Top
5:35 am The President holds an expanded bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Cameron
Local Event Time: 10:35 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Top
6:30 am The President and Prime Minister Cameron attend an event hosted by Mrs. Cameron and the First Lady to honor military families, U.S. and U.K. service members and veterans
Local Event Time: 11:30 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray
7:25 am The President and Prime Minister Cameron hold a a joint press conference
Local Event Time: 12:35 PM BST
Lancaster House, London, United Kingdom
Travel Pool Coverage
10:30 am The President delivers remarks to the U.K. Parliament
Local Event Time: 3:30 PM BST
London, Parliament, United Kingdom
Open to pre-credentialed media
11:55 am The President holds an U.S. Embassy meet and greet
Local Event Time: 4:55 PM BST
London, The Grosvenor House Hotel, United Kingdom
Closed Press
3:30 pm The President and the First Lady will reciprocate the hospitality of Her Majesty the Queen and hold a dinner in her honor at the residence of the American ambassador in London
Local Event Time: 8:30 PM BST
London, United Kingdom, Winfield House
Press Information
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
12:30 pm The Vice President attends a luncheon where he will deliver remarks celebrating the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s moon shot speech
the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Open Press
6:00 pm The Vice President delivers remarks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner
Nashua, New Hampshire
Open Press
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
4:50 am The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Cameron
Local Event Time: 9:50 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Top
5:05 am The President holds a meeting with Prime Minister Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Clegg
Local Event Time: 10:05 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Top
5:35 am The President holds an expanded bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Cameron
Local Event Time: 10:35 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray at the Top
6:30 am The President and Prime Minister Cameron attend an event hosted by Mrs. Cameron and the First Lady to honor military families, U.S. and U.K. service members and veterans
Local Event Time: 11:30 AM BST
10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Pool Spray
7:25 am The President and Prime Minister Cameron hold a a joint press conference
Local Event Time: 12:35 PM BST
Lancaster House, London, United Kingdom
Travel Pool Coverage
10:30 am The President delivers remarks to the U.K. Parliament
Local Event Time: 3:30 PM BST
London, Parliament, United Kingdom
Open to pre-credentialed media
11:55 am The President holds an U.S. Embassy meet and greet
Local Event Time: 4:55 PM BST
London, The Grosvenor House Hotel, United Kingdom
Closed Press
3:30 pm The President and the First Lady will reciprocate the hospitality of Her Majesty the Queen and hold a dinner in her honor at the residence of the American ambassador in London
Local Event Time: 8:30 PM BST
London, United Kingdom, Winfield House
Press Information
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
12:30 pm The Vice President attends a luncheon where he will deliver remarks celebrating the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s moon shot speech
the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Open Press
6:00 pm The Vice President delivers remarks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner
Nashua, New Hampshire
Open Press
__________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Booklist: Forward Drive by Jim Motavalli
This book, written in 1992, is about "clean" aka "green" cars. I found it very interesting reading, to see the plot to replace our reliable cars with electric ones, 20 years later.
So okay, it's not a book about classic cars, but it's a book that perhaps foreshadows the doom of real cars and the freedom of the road.
Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future, by Jim Motavelli
Sierra Club, 2000
237 pages, plus People interviewed, Notes, Bibliography and index. No photos
Library: 629.22 Mot
Description
As alternative-fuel cars from major automakers are entering the US market-promising far better performance and range than the disappointing electric vehicles of past decades - "clean" cars are no longer being relegated to side-show status; they're about to take center stage.
Forward Drive presents the fascinating story of the race to build the cara of thefuture-ones that can help to address the problems (including global warming, fossil-fuel depletion, and urban sprawl) that have accompanied the rise and spread of traditional gas-powered cars.
The book traces the history of automobile development, including early attempts to create practical electric vehicles, and it explores new technologies for clean cars, especially hybrid (gas/electric) drives and hydrogen-based fuel cells.
In his research, author Jim Motavelli conducted extensive interviews with fuel-cell makers, energy researchers, and key auto-industry figures at GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and Honda, giving us a clear picture of how US and foreign automakers are getting serious about clean cars.
With his passion for cars and his knowledge of their history and workings, he presents an insightful, informative and highly readable book about revolutionary cars on the immediate horizon.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Pulling the plug: A brief history of alternative motion
2. A dizzying ride: Internal combustion's rapid rise and coming decline
3. Engines of ingenuity: New technologies for the clean car
4. Road warriors and early adopters: living with a battery-operated EV
5. U-turn: The big three get serious about green cars
6. The Global green car: Germany and Japan on the Fast Track
7. Thinking about tomorrow: Visionaries, pessimists, and investors at the crossroads
8. Jump-starting the EV: Federal funding for alternative fuel
9. Clearing the air: Clean cars and sustainable transportation in the 21st century
People interviewed
Notes
Select bibliography
Index
_______________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
So okay, it's not a book about classic cars, but it's a book that perhaps foreshadows the doom of real cars and the freedom of the road.
Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future, by Jim Motavelli
Sierra Club, 2000
237 pages, plus People interviewed, Notes, Bibliography and index. No photos
Library: 629.22 Mot
Description
As alternative-fuel cars from major automakers are entering the US market-promising far better performance and range than the disappointing electric vehicles of past decades - "clean" cars are no longer being relegated to side-show status; they're about to take center stage.
Forward Drive presents the fascinating story of the race to build the cara of thefuture-ones that can help to address the problems (including global warming, fossil-fuel depletion, and urban sprawl) that have accompanied the rise and spread of traditional gas-powered cars.
The book traces the history of automobile development, including early attempts to create practical electric vehicles, and it explores new technologies for clean cars, especially hybrid (gas/electric) drives and hydrogen-based fuel cells.
In his research, author Jim Motavelli conducted extensive interviews with fuel-cell makers, energy researchers, and key auto-industry figures at GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and Honda, giving us a clear picture of how US and foreign automakers are getting serious about clean cars.
With his passion for cars and his knowledge of their history and workings, he presents an insightful, informative and highly readable book about revolutionary cars on the immediate horizon.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Pulling the plug: A brief history of alternative motion
2. A dizzying ride: Internal combustion's rapid rise and coming decline
3. Engines of ingenuity: New technologies for the clean car
4. Road warriors and early adopters: living with a battery-operated EV
5. U-turn: The big three get serious about green cars
6. The Global green car: Germany and Japan on the Fast Track
7. Thinking about tomorrow: Visionaries, pessimists, and investors at the crossroads
8. Jump-starting the EV: Federal funding for alternative fuel
9. Clearing the air: Clean cars and sustainable transportation in the 21st century
People interviewed
Notes
Select bibliography
Index
_______________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
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