60 Minutes, Miami Heat, and a Speech in Las Vegas

This was another light week for President Obama. During this time, he received 3 daily briefings, ate lunch with VP Biden twice, and announced 2 personnel nominations. 

For entertainment, he hosted an afternoon reception for the Miami Heat on Monday, and taped Steve Kroft "60 Minutes" joint interview with Hillary Clinton.

In addition, he is pushing two incentives: gun control and immigration. For these, he met with police chiefs and sheriffs, and is spending today flying back and forth to Las Vegas in order to give another speech. It seems quite odd that he would spend over $1 million taxpayer dollars flying to Las Vegas just to give a speech. But, no other official explanation was given for this expensive trip.

Also note that VP Biden got on the fundraising wagon again. He flew to New Orleans last Saturday to raise money for one of his fellow Democratic Senators.

Below is a summary of President Obama's weekly schedule from Wednesday January 23 to Tuesday January 29 2013.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

• President Obama left the White House at 9:20 AM and flew to Las Vegas where he is delivering remarks about immigration. Afterward, he is flying back to DC.

Monday, January 28, 2013

• President Obama had a daily briefing at 10:30 AM. He then met with police chiefs and sheriffs to discuss his gun control policies at 11:15 AM. After eating lunch with VP Biden, Mr. Obama he hosted a NBA Champions Miami Heat welcome reception at 1:40 PM.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

• Vice President Biden attended a fundraiser in New Orleans for Sen Mary Landrieu.

Friday, January 25, 2013

• President Obama made a personnel announcement at 12:10 PM naming Denis McDonough as his next Chief of Staff. Later, he and Hillary Clinton sat for a "60 Minutes" interview with Steve Kroft which aired on Sunday.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

• Mister Obama had a daily briefing at 10:25 AM. He then make a personnel announcement at 2:30 PM nominating Mary Jo White to lead the Security and Exchange Commission and Richard Cordray to continue leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Two hours later, at 4:35 PM, he held a meeting with Hillary Clinton.
• VP Biden participated n a Google+ Hangout about gun violence.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

• President Obama received a daily briefing at 10:30 AM. After a 12:30 PM lunch with Joe Biden, Mr. Obama was done for the day.