The Country We Believe In: Improving America’s Fiscal Future
Yesterday, President Obama laid out his plan for a balanced approach to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over twelve years. The plan was based on the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity. The President’s approach borrows from the Bipartisan Fiscal Commission and builds on $1 trillion in deficit reductions in the President’s 2012 budget
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President Barack Obama reviews his fiscal policy speech with advisors in the Oval Office, April 13, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; and Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today's Schedule
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
9:30 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
10:00 AM: The President meets with senior advisors
10:45 AM: The President and the Vice President meet with Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson
1:15 PM: Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney 
2:00 PM: The President holds a bilateral meeting with Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar
2:50 PM: The President and Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar deliver statements to the press
4:00 PM: Open for Questions: Behind the Scenes: one year of West Wing Week
4:05 PM: The President departs the White House en route to Andrews Air Force Base
4:20 PM: The President departs Andrews Air Force Base en route to Chicago, Illinois
6:10 PM: The President arrives in Chicago, Illinois
7:25 PM: The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
8:35 PM: The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
10:35 PM: The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
Indicates events that will be live streamed on White House.com/Live
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