WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events:
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE
FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In the afternoon, the President will host Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany for a bilateral meeting. This bilateral meeting in the Oval Office will have an in-house pool spray at the top.
Later, the President will travel to Wilmington, Delaware. The departure from the South Lawn will be open press. The arrival at Delaware Air National Guard Base, New Castle, Delaware will be covered by the out-of-town pool.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: New York Post
Radio: CBS
Out-of-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: Wall Street Journal
Supplemental Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CNN
Print: VOA
EST
9:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
1:30 PM Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
3:00 PM THE PRESIDENT hosts Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany for a bilateral meeting at the White House
Oval Office
In-House Pool Spray (Gather 2:50 PM – Brady Press Briefing Room)
5:10 PM Supplemental Pool Call Time
5:40 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to New Castle, Delaware
South Lawn
Open Press (Gather 5:30 PM – Palm Room Doors)
6:35 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in New Castle, Delaware
Delaware Air National Guard Base, New Castle, Delaware
Out-of-Town Pool
Briefing Schedule
1:00 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
(The transcript of Thursday’s briefing is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/02/08/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-february-8-2024/)
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TREASURY DEPT –
Friday – Secretary Yellen has no public engagements
STATE DEPT
Friday – 1p ET Secty Blinken, back from the Mideast, meets, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participate in an Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony on the margins of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)
The signing ceremony will be streamed live on the Department homepage and YouTube Channel.
1:15 p.m. Secretary Blinken meets with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis as part of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
Headquarters press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov. The transcript of Thursday’s briefing is at: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-february-8-2024/
USTR –
Thursday – Ambassador Katherine Tai has no public engagements
.US HOUSE –
Friday y – Back at 10a ET. No vote until next wk.
US SENATE
Friday – 12:00 p.m.: Convene and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.815, the legislative vehicle for supplemental appropriations, the latest chapter in the convoluted history of the effort to OK Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan aid.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Friday, Feb. 9 – 8:30a ET Canada labor force survey
Friday, Feb. 9 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
Friday, Feb. 9 –13:30 ET Fed’s Logan with Ross Perot at Tarrant County event
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Thursday, Feb. 15 –19:00 ET Fed’s Bostic speaks at Money Marketeers in New York
Thursday, Feb. 22 –15:00 ET Fed’s Harker at Univ. of Delaware
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