Courtesy of Our Luiza, who’s on all the right email lists, here’s a transcript of the 29-minute briefing the White House press corps received yesterday aboard Air Force One, even as it hurtled through the skies between Ottawa and Washington. I’m struck by the bits about Canada and the 2011 Afghanistan deadline. But I’ll leave it all to you to parse and ponder.
Tag Archives: o-day
Stephen on Barack
From the CBC’s interview with the Prime Minister.
Non-rhetorical questions
Acknowledging all of the other obvious reasons, is the public’s seemingly genuine affection for Barack Obama at least somewhat attributable to Barack’s Obama seemingly genuine affection for the public?
So, what did that all mean for a Canada-U.S. climate change strategy?
The Obama visit left us with a lot of new questions on the file
The 2011 Afghanistan exit date: carved in snow
Everybody agrees that President Barack Obama didn’t put any pressure on Canadian politicians today to rethink Canada’s planned withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
And now a word from Jessica Millen
The 17-year-old girl who served the President his beavertail.
After the O: Liveblogging Michael Ignatieff’s post-meeting press conference
Yoyoyo, ITQians! We have one more Obama-related event to get through, and then I promise it’s back to business as usual, whatever that means. Anyway, apparently the Ignatieff-Obama chinwag went slightly longer than usual — careful, Mr. President, you’re going to miss your flight! — so the presser that was originally scheduled for 5pm will be slightly delayed. I’ll keep y’all posted, so check back regularly.
Just like being there (III)
Pool report #3.
The Commons: He was here
Obama’s day in Ottawa was bewildering and remarkable, poignant and underwhelming
21 questions (III)
As you might have just noticed, neither of the press gallery’s two questions concerned Omar Khadr.