Truemors
Barack Obama will give his first press conference on Friday afternoon at 2:30pm est after being elected President of the United States on Tuesday. He will first be meeting with a 17-member transition economic advisory board, who will help him choose his white house team.
You can check out our Obama scan here which has comments relating to the briefing.
Meanwhile, Obama said he would not make any announcements on Friday about members of his new administration, an aide said.“There will be no personnel announcements today,” his aide Stephanie Cutter told reporters.
There is a huge amount of attention on Obama's press briefing, partially because it will hint at his first moves when he assumes power and the fact that it's his first conference:
Obama’s press conference — which will take place on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 2:30 P.M. ET, is likely to be a media zoo, both because it will offer clues to Obama’s first moves on the economy and because it’s his first press conference as President-Elect.
Before working on the immense task of taking on the US presidency, Obama attended his daughter's parent-teacher conference:
It's going to be another busy day in Chicago for President-elect Barack Obama, as he makes his way from a parent-teacher conference at his daughter's school to a meeting with running mate Joe Biden, new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and his transition economic advisory board, and then his first news conference since winning election.
Current president George W. Bush announced he would be attempting as smooth a transition as possible, and would be meeting with president-elect Obama next week:
US President George W Bush has said he and Barack Obama will discuss issues such as the global financial crisis and the war in Iraq "early next week".
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