THE WHITEBOARD
HOUSE GUEST: President Obama welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the White House Wednesday, meeting with Karzai in the Oval Office and holding a pool spray and East Room press conference with him. Later in the day, Obama and Karzai will meet over lunch with members of both their countries' national security teams.
Karzai's motorcade arrived at 10:14 a.m., just in time for the scheduled Oval Office bilateral meeting. Obama and Karzai will take two questions each from reporters in the East Room.
MEANWHILE, ON THE HILL: Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begins visiting with senators on Capitol Hill. She's scheduled to meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member Jeff Sessions, Majoirty Whip Dick Durbin and Sens. Orrin Hatch, Herb Kohl and Dianne Feinstein.
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Beau Biden 'stable'
VP in Phil. after son's stroke
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'Evil' intentions
Israel: N. Korea tried to arm Hamas
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman accuses North Korea of trying to smuggle weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah ...
Pledge of support
Obama calls Henry after storms
The W.H. releases this readout after Obama meets with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and calls Okla. Gov. Brad Henry ...
Key Gibbs takeaways
W.H.: Obama 'frustrated' over Gulf
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Changing attitudes
Gallup: Most say gays may serve
A new Gallup poll says 70 percent of Americans support allowing openly gay people to serve in the military ...
Call with Abbas
Obama cites need to talk 'seriously'
He congratulates Abbas on the start of talks with Israel and calls for establishing an independent Palestianian state ...
Behind closed doors
Kagan heads to Senate for meetings
The SCOTUS nominee kick starts the confirmation process by meeting with Reid, McConnell, Leahy and Sessions ...
Kerlikowske votes no
Drug czar opposes Calif. ballot issue
Obama's head of drug policy says a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana won't increase the state's tax revenues ...
Excoriating Egypt
Admin slams 'Emergency Law'
The White House slams the Egyptian government's decision to renew the state of emergency that has been in effect since 1981 ...
Then there were two
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... the Congressional Budget Office’s revised estimate of the health care law's cost, which added $115 billion ...
Calling Cameron
Obama phones new British PM
President Obama releases a statement after calling Britain's new prime minister David Cameron to congratulate him ...
Garcia to visit
W.H. welcoming Peru's president
President Alan Garcia of Peru will meet with Obama at the W.H. on June 1, press secretary Gibbs announces ...
Dodge of the day
Top evasion from the briefing
Gibbs avoids saying whether Obama feels European leaders he has spoken with are confident in the financial rescue package ...
Talking with Zapatero
Discussing rescue deal with Spain
Obama calls Spain's prime minister to discuss Europe’s financial rescue package, W.H. press secretary Gibbs told reporters ...
Checking the Fed
Senate passes audit provision
The Senate unanimously approves an amendment proposed by Sen. Sanders to expand oversight of the Federal Reserve ...
'I love Arlen Specter'
Obama stars in Pennsylvania ad
The president is seen saying the Pennsylvania Democrat "came to fight for the working men and women of Pennsylvania" ...
No end in sight
Clinton: 'Futures are shared'
Clinton promises Karzai that the U.S. will commit to Afghanistan’s future “long after U.S. combat troops have left" ...
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