Via Conference Call  4:37 P.M. EDT MR. PRICE:  Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for joining this call.  Wanted to offer an opportunity to preview the visit on Friday of King Salman of Saudi Arabia.  This call will be on the…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Dillingham, Alaska   11:13 A.M. AKDT MR. EARNEST:  We’ll do two quick things at the top, and then we’ll go to your questions.  The first is, I want to make sure that each of…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Anchorage, Alaska   12:03 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way to Alaska, a much anticipated trip I think by all of you, but most importantly, by…

Aboard Air Force One En Route New Orleans, Louisiana 11:33 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I have brought with us today — typically I begin these gaggles by talking about what the President is planning to do and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:51 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I appreciate you accommodating the change in the time to the briefing today.  We wanted to make sure that all of you had the opportunity to…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Washington, DC **Please see below for a clarification, marked with an asterisk. 10:53 A.M. PDT MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome aboard Air Force One, everyone, en route back to Washington, after the President used Senator Reid’s…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see so many relaxed, tanned faces in the room today.  I know the President certainly enjoyed the opportunity over the last couple of…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:54 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  I do not have any opening remarks, so we can go straight to questions. Mark, would you like to get us…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:58 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  We’ll do a couple of announcements at the top and then we’ll go to your questions. The first is, the President…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Happy Monday.  I’m glad to see that the month of August did not dissuade you from…