Published 1/16/2009
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC's Athena JonesIncoming Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefed the press on Obama's agenda and more during an informal talk on the plane just before landing in Ohio. Here are some bullet points:
-- Obama will have friends meeting him in Philadelphia for the inauguration train trip.-- In beginning days, Obama will be focusing on the economy, so the travel that he does initially, any travel that he might do, would be related to that. There may be a trip or two. -- His first...( read more )
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