The White House
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In the afternoon, the President will award the Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe, United States Army, Sergeant First Class Christopher A. Celiz, United States Army, and Master Sergeant Earl D. Plumlee, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry. The First Lady, the Vice President, and the Second Gentleman will also attend. This event in the East Room will be covered by the in-house pool and pre-credentialed media.
Then, the President and the Vice President will meet with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant. This meeting in the Roosevelt Room will have an in-house pool spray at the top.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: Daily Caller
Radio: ABC
EST
9:30 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the President’s Daily Brief
Closed Press
12:30 PM In-Town Pool Call Time
1:30 PM THE PRESIDENT awards the Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe, United States Army, Sergeant First Class Christopher A. Celiz, United States Army, and Master Sergeant Earl D. Plumlee, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry; THE FIRST LADY, THE VICE PRESIDENT, and THE SECOND GENTLEMAN also attend
East Room
In-House Pool and Pre-Credentialed Media (Gather 1:15 PM – Palm Room Doors)
3:00 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT meet with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant
Roosevelt Room
In-House Pool Spray at the Top (Gather 2:50 PM – Brady Press Briefing Room)
Briefing Schedule
3:15 PM Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Deputy National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi
USTR
DAILY GUIDANCE FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, December 16, 2021, Ambassador Katherine Tai will hold meetings with staff. These meetings are closed press.
STATE DEPARTMENT
Press briefings are held around 2pm ET.
The Senate
Thursday, December 16, 2021
10:00 a.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Atul Atmaram Gawande, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
The House
Thursday, December 16, 2021
No additional votes scheduled rest of the week
UPCOMING ECONOMIC DATA AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Thursday, Dec 16 – 8:30a ET US wkly jobless benefit claims (prvs 184K)
Thursday, Dec 16 – 8:30a ET Nov housing starts (prvs 1.650 mln SAAR)
Thursday, Dec 16 – 8:30a ET Philly Fed Dec mfg index (prvs 39.0)
Thursday, Dec 16 – 9:15a ET Fed’s Nov industrial production (prvs +1.6%)
Thursday, Dec 16 – 9:45a ET Markit US mfg/services PMI (prvs 58.3/58.0)
Friday, Dec 17 – 11a ET US FSOC public-private meeting
Friday, Dec 17 – 1p ET Fed’s Waller speaks, Cornell Club
Friday, Dec 9 – 1p ET Baker-Hughes oil rig count (US 576)
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