Posts Tagged ‘Guidence’
LightSquared: another government official says White House tried to influence his testimony
A second government official has come forward saying the White House tried to influence his testimony concerning a wireless broadband project backed by a Democratic donor that military officials fear might impair sensitive satellite navigation systems. Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, told The Daily Beast he rejected “guidance” from the White House’s Office of Budget and Management suggesting he tell Congress that the government’s concerns about the project by the firm LightSquared could be resolved in 90 days, a timetable favorable to the company’s plans. “They gave that to me and presumably the other witnesses,” Russo said. “There is one sentence I disagreed with, which said that I thought [...]
President Obama / White House Daily Guidance and Press Schedule for Friday, September 2, 2011
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 In the morning, the President will depart the White House for Camp David. The President will stay there until he departs for New Jersey on Sunday. EDT 8:30AM Pool Call Time 10:00AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Camp David South Lawn
President Obama / White House Daily Guidence and Press Schedule for Wednesday, August 31, 2011
THE WHITE HOUSE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press. Later in the morning, the President will hold an event to call on Congress to move forward in a bipartisan way to pass a clean extension of the Surface Transportation Bill, which expires at the end of September, and a clean extension of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization, which expires in mid-September. The President will be joined by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, AFL-CIO President and member of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Richard Trumka, U.S. Chamber of Commerce COO David Chavern, and [...]
