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Day 296 Obama Administration November 11, 2009

The President and the First Lady began their day by hosting a Veterans Day breakfast.

The President then partiicipated in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unkown soldier at Arlington National Cemetary. He delviered remarks; Speech

In the afternoon the President met with his National Security team to discuss Afghanistan. At the meeting were:

Vice President Biden

Secretary of State Clinton

Secretary of Defense Gates

Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U. S. Representative to the United Nations

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command

General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan

Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

General James Jones, National Security Advisory

Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor

John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security

Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakist