From Air Force One press briefing, June 11.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________
For Immediate Release June 11, 2009
PRESS GAGGLE
BY
DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY BILL BURTON
Aboard Air Force One
En route Green Bay, Wisconsin
11:10 A.M. CDT
MR. BURTON: When we land the President will be greeted on arrival by Governor Doyle, Congressman
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From Air Force One press briefing, June 11.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________
For Immediate Release June 11, 2009
PRESS GAGGLE
BY
DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY BILL BURTON
Aboard Air Force One
En route Green Bay, Wisconsin
11:10 A.M. CDT
MR. BURTON: When we land the President will be greeted on arrival by Governor Doyle, Congressman Kagan, and Mayors Schmitt and Barrettt of Green Bay and Milwaukee. At the high school he'll be greeted by the school superintendent, Gregg Mass, and Principal Brian Davis and his wife, Dawn, and their four daughters. He'll have a couple of small meetings, one before and one after, with grassroots activists and local political leaders.
A couple facts about Wisconsin and Green Bay: In Green Bay unemployment is at 8.4 percent; Wisconsin as a whole, 8.6 percent; Green Bay has lost 5,400 jobs since December of '07. Wisconsin is a state, 137,500; and the rate of uninsured in Wisconsin is 8.5 percent.
Q I'm sorry, I didn't hear that.
MR. BURTON: It's 8.5 percent. I thought you had that in your story today. I guess not.
Q The activists that he's meeting with afterwards, how long will that be and who are they?
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MR. BURTON: It'll be pretty fast. It will be about 10 to 15 minutes and that's beforehand. They're just local grassroots activists -- he does it at most of these stops, just a normal meeting.
The meeting afterwards are leaders -- I don't have the full list with me, but it includes the Lieutenant Governor, Barbara Lawton and some others.
Q I'm sorry, activists on health care that he's meeting with before?
MR. BURTON: No, no, no, just local grassroots activists, people who are involved in the community in different ways.
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This is a demonstration of the actual thought processes in the Administrative Ranks.
Until they are actually committed to Open Government, there won't be one no matter what Obama says.
Continue to press for Open Government and point out these weaknesses in the support for it.
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