Editorial Week-In-Review

This one is going to be short given that the majority of this week was spent covering Preakness and the events leading up to it! I am going to do a special blog on Preakness coverage soon!

This week from my point of view, I saw President Obama meet with a number of medical industry CEO's - Edwards Life Sciences, Kaiser Permenente, AMA President, etc. Obama then spoke to the press with the industry leaders to brief us on the fact that he would like to focus on reducing costs in the medical industry -- this briefing took place in the State Dining Room because the East Room was being setup for some sort of HBO Poetry Jam...

Later, Obama met with the UNC Mens Basketball team outside the south portico and received an honorary UNC basketball jersey. Ive heard, he even hooped it up with some members of the team that day as well.

I found it amusing that some members of the team literally had to duck through the door to the White House on the south lawn -- TALL

Former President Bill Clinton also met with the CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, and CEO of Coca-Cola in a forum on business responsibility at the Brookings Institute. I'd love to tell you more about it, but we had less access to Clinton than we do at the White House that day! - A simple 5 minutes to shoot and the get out! -- well, not really get out, we could shoot from the back of the room after that, but the room was setup in such a way, there was really only one angle to get..... they didn't care when I told them I wanted a cut shot as well!

After this, it was onward to Preakness!

Monday, May 11th, 2009 - Washington, D.C.: President BARACK OBAMA speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House. After meeting on health care reform, the President spoke to the media about reforming the health care system to reduce costs. The President noted that "half of all personal bankruptcies stem from medical expenses." Further, Obama added that "too many Americans are skipping that check-up they know they should get, or going without that prescription that would make them feel better, or finding some other way to scrimp and save on their health care expenses."
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Monday, May 11th, 2009 - Washington, D.C.: UNC Men's Basketball Head Coach ROY WILLIAMS presents President BARACK OBAMA with an honorary UNC Basketball Jersey outside of the White House. President Obama hosted the University of North Carolina Basketball Team at the White House today to congratulate them on their NCAA Tournament Victory
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Monday, May 11th, 2009 - Washington, D.C.: UNC Men's Basketball Head Coach ROY WILLIAMS and President BARACK OBAMA stand for a photo with the UNC Men's Basketball team outside of the White House. President Obama hosted the University of North Carolina Basketball Team at the White House today to congratulate them on their NCAA Tournament Victory
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - Washington, D.C.: President BILL CLINTON appears at a forum hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative regarding 'corporate solutions to global challenges'.
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - Washington, D.C.: PATRICIA WOERTZ Chairman and CEO of Archer Daniels Midland Company appears at a forum hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative regarding 'corporate solutions to global challenges'.
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - Washington, D.C.: MUHTAR KENT, chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company appears at a forum hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative regarding 'corporate solutions to global challenges'.
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