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November 5, 2010

Obama to Host Congressional Leaders, Leaves for Asia Trip
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President Obama has invited top House and Senate leaders from both
parties to discuss the remainder of the current congressional term.
Obama spoke Thursday at a White House cabinet meeting.

President Obama: "I want everybody to know that I’ve already called
Mitch Mc Connell, John Boehner, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to invite
them to a meeting here at the White House in the first week of the lame
duck, on November 18th. This is going to be a meeting in which I want us
to talk substantively about how we can move the American people’s agenda
forward. It’s not just going to be a photo op."

The meeting will be held in two weeks. Obama meanwhile is heading to
Asia today for a ten-day trek visit that includes stops in India,
Indonesia, South Korea and Japan.



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