Today’s assignment is the President’s housing event in Reno, NV.
The President speaks at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, ROK. According to the info I was given (on paper of high-quality stock) says Hankuk “organizes the Model United Nations General Assembly each year since 1959.”
A few shots from the White House today. The third shot is of the wonderful-smelling flowers that are in the hallway the journos have to walk through to get to the White House South Lawn. (That hallway probably has an official historic name, but I don’t know what it is.)
The jobs of the future are increasingly going to those with more than a high school degree and I have to make a point here:
When I speak about higher education we’re not just talking about a four-year degree. We’re talking about somebody going to a community college and getting trained…for that manufacturing job that now is requiring somebody walking through the door handling a million dollar piece of equipment. And they can’t go in there unless they’ve got some basic training beyond what they received in high school.
We all want Americans getting those jobs of the future. So we’re going to have to make sure that they’re getting the education that they need.
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| — | President Barack Obama speaking to the National Governor’s Association today |
The President tours Conveyor Engineering and Manufacturing and is shown what are called “press screws.”
I defy you to find anything like a quorum, anything like even enough people to fill this room up on Capitol Hill who are elected members of Congress. You might find them in very warm places or snowy places having fundraisers. But you won’t find them in Capitol Hill because they are in recess.
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| — | Today’s White House Quote of the Day comes from Jay Carney who was answering a “process” question about the Richard Cordray appointment. |
This is an issue where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. How can we not get that done? I mean, has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can’t do it? It doesn’t make any sense.
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| — | Today’s White House Quote of the Day is from President Barack Obama who was speaking about the pay roll tax holiday extension. |
The issue right now is this: The clock is ticking; time is running out. And if the House Republicans refuse to vote for the Senate bill, or even allow it to come up for a vote, taxes will go up in 11 days.
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| — | President Obama during his surprise appearance at the White House Briefing today. #quoteoftheday? |
