9:46 A.M. CDT MR. BURTON:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  We’re going to have some long drives today, but we’ll see some beautiful parts of the country.  So, at 12:20 p.m., the President is going to tour the…

11:49 A.M. EDT MR. BURTON:  Good morning.  A couple logistics before I introduce you to Secretary Vilsack here.  At 12:30 p.m. we’re doing a tour of Siemens Energy in Fort Madison.  This is a business that embodies the opportunities that…

1:30 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Good afternoon.  Sorry for my lateness.  Let me do two quick announcements, readouts, before I take your questions. The President dropped by a meeting between General Jones and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak this morning. …

PRESS BRIEFING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY BEN RHODES, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS; PRADEEP RAMAMURTHY, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT; FRANCISCO SANCHEZ, UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; JUDITH MCHALE, UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUBLIC…

10:56 A.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  What’s going on?  How are you guys?  I think we’re going to land soon, so I — looks like it.  How are you guys?  What’s going on? Q    Can we ask you about — we…

*The audience (approx. 700)for the President’s speech at Cooper Union tomorrow will include leaders from the financial industry, members of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, consumer advocates, representatives of the millions of people impacted by the downturn of the…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Andrews Air Force Base 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Hey, guys, we good? Thank you all for joining us on the return flight home. Fire away. Q Goldman Sachs posted a near doubling in…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:40 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Before we get started, let me see if I can make this gizmo work — there we go. The Internal Revenue Service today began mailing postcards to…

12:46 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON:  All right, so, a couple things here before start. Q    Sorry, Bill, can you try to speak louder? MR. BURTON:  You bet.  Tomorrow the President will host a meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:32 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. We’re on time today. I know that’s a surprise to many of you. Q You’re actually two minutes late. MR. GIBBS: Two minutes late — which is…