Thanks for checking out the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, walk step by step with the President as he signs a memorandum on fuel efficiency, meets with his economic team and Congressional leaders about Wall Street reform, delivers the commencement address at West Point, hosts the leaders of Lebanon and Liberia, plays basketball with Russian students, holds a reception for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, celebrates National Small Business Week, holds discussions with Senate, Republicans, travels to California, checks out some solar panels, talks economics with workers, welcomes NCAA Men’s Basketball Champs the Duke Blue Devils and the US World Cup Soccer Team, gives a press conference on the BP oil spill and much more.
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Friday, May 21st
President Obama signs a Presidential Memorandum on Fuel Efficiency
Saturday, May 22nd
President Obama delivers the commencement address at the West Point Military Academy
Monday, May 24th
President Obama calls the Governor’s of Gulf Coast States
President Obama hosts a reception to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Tuesday, May 25th
President Obama celebrates small business week
Wednesday, May 26th
President Obama tours Solyndra inc.
Thursday, May 27th
President Obama welcomes the Duke Blue Devils
President Obama holds a press conference
President Obama meets with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Arun Chaudhary is the official White House videographer
How far west will the oil go?
Preparations are under way in the Atchafalaya Bay area to combat the growing spread of oil that continues to shift westward in the weeks following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig April 22. Read more on The Daily Iberian
Thanks for checking out the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, walk step-by-step with the President as he honors our nations top police officers, mourns officers killed in the line of duty, meets with top cabinet members about containing the BP oil leak in the Gulf, signs the Freedom of the Press act, welcomes the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champs UConn Huskies, travels to Youngstown, Ohio to visit a steel factory, hosts a State Dinner for the President of Mexico, and informs the American people on what Wall Street reform will mean for them.
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Friday, May 14th
President Obama congratulates TOP COPS for being true heroes
President Obama delivers remarks about the ongoing response the the Deepwater BP oil spill
Saturday, May 15th
President Obama honors fallen law enforcement officers
Sunday, May 16th
The First Lady gives the commencement address at George Washington University
Monday, May 17th
President Obama signs the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act
President Obama congratulates the UConn Huskies on their second straight NCAA championship
Tuesday, May 18th
President Obama visits Youngstown, Ohio and talks about creating new jobs
Wednesday, May 19th
President Obama welcomes President Calderon and Mrs. Zavala of Mexico to the White House
President Obama and the First Lady host the State Dinner with Mexico
Arun Chaudhary is the official White House videographer
Gulf oil spill spreads west toward Texas
ROBERT (Louisiana) (May 10, 2010): BP Plc engineers desperately explored options on Sunday to control oil gushing from a ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico after a setback with a huge undersea containment dome fueled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster.
Oil slick moving west of Mississippi Delta
The huge slick from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatened Louisiana shores west of the Mississippi Delta on Monday as BP Plc BP.L said it was trying multiple options to control the leak, without being sure that they would work.
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