1:03 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Before we get started with your questions, let me make a brief announcement. The President and the First Lady will be traveling to Indonesia and Australia in the second half of March. This…
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11:35 A.M. EST MR. BURTON: So, for starters, let me tell you a little bit about Florida. Upon arrival, Governor Crist, Mayors Dyer and Iorio and Senator Bill Nelson and Alex Sink will all meet us. The President will visit…
12:59 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Sir, take us away. Q How are you? MR. GIBBS: Great. Q On the White House Web site, the Homeland Security Secretary said that there will be a push for comprehensive immigration reform this year. …
1:14 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Let me read just one short, quick statement before we get started. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of the passengers on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in Beirut, Lebanon last night. Our…
10:40 A.M. EST MR. BURTON: So do you guys have the paper from Katie on sort of what’s happening today? So I’ll leave the specifics on that stuff to you guys. When the President gets to the town hall, he’ll…
10:45 P.M. (local) MR. BLINKEN: Thank you, great. Well, thank you all. Thanks for being here. I know it’s late. We don’t want to keep you too long. In fact, we’re probably not allowed to keep you too long, given…
1:19 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: So, Austan Goolsbee is here. And why don’t we take questions if you all have questions on the President’s proposal today, policy questions that Austan can certainly help us with. Take us away. Q Austan,…
PRESS BRIEFING BY CAPTAIN ANDREW STEVERMER, COMMANDER OF THE INCIDENT RESPONSE COORDINATION TEAM FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE Via Conference Call 2:14 P.M. EST MR. STONEKING: Thank you. Good morning, ladies…
2:15 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Packed house. Ms. Loven. What do you guys want to talk about? (Laughter.) Q Maybe, I don’t know, an election in the Northeast? Q — currency exchange rate? (Laughter.) MR. GIBBS: Go ahead. Q The…
1:42 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Take us away. Q You said something last week about the Massachusetts election that Ax sort of repeated today that I’m intrigued by. He said, “I think the White House did everything we were asked…
