The President signed a 7.5 billion dollar aid package for Pakistan into law, after Congress offered assurances the plan did not violate Pakistani sovereignty. Source
The President spent the night in San Francisco.
Jared Bernstein, Chief Economic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, published on the White House blog these examples of projects and jobs recipients are reporting:
In Stockton, California, the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission reports that they've contracted for 125 workers to lay rail track and do signal work on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Down in Florida, Hamilton Roofing, inc. reports that they have 40 roofers, sheet metal workers, and crane operators at work repairing the roof at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
In South Plainfield, New Jersey, Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. reports that they have 37 laborers and heavy equipment operators working at good union jobs, with living wages and health benefits, cleaning up a heavily polluted Superfund site.
At the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, the Syska Hennessy Group reports that they're employing 36 electricians, roofers, and other workers installing solar panels on the roof of 16 buildings at the base. Source
The White House Counsel's Office told lawyers for Congress of preparations for the possible release of some details of the Bush Administration's lobbying for legislation giving telecommunications companies immunity from lawsuits over their involvement in warrantless domestic wiretapping, and agreed to provide lawmakers and their staffs with copies of the records being prepared for release in connection with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by an internet-focused civil liberties group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, House legal counsel Irv Nathan wrote in an e-mail to House leaders: "The Executive Branch will be providing to the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its FOIA suit a large number of e-mail communications between House staffers and Executive branch employees regarding the legislation involving immunity to telecommunications companies enacted as part of the [revised Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] legislation last year." Source
The United States command in Afghanistan reversed its policy of banning photographs of military personnel killed in action. The revised guidelines say, "Media will not be prohibited from viewing or filming casualties," along with a list of conditions under which the publication of those images is restricted. The new language is in sync with other military embed agreements in Afghanistan and Iraq. Source
Day267/Oct16th/Friday: The President traveled from San Francisco to Houston, Texas to attend a Points of Light forum at Texas A&M University hosted by former United States President George H.W. Bush. Among the President's remarks:
"So I can see why President Bush chose to locate his library at this school. What you all are doing right here is precisely what he was talking about when he called for those thousand points of light and became the first President to create a White House Office devoted solely to promoting volunteerism."
"Government can build the best schools, with the best teachers, but we can't run the PTA, or chaperone those field trips, or mentor those kids after school, or have them sit down and do their homework at night. We can pass the most comprehensive health reform bill, but Congress can't be on the ground in our communities caring for the sick and helping people lead healthier lives. Government can give our troops the equipment they need, and the pay and benefits that they have earned, and nobody is working harder at doing that than Secretary Gates, but it can't be there to offer a home-cooked meal to a military family stretched thin, or to make sure our veterans get the respect and appreciation they deserve in their communities when they come home."
"While there's plenty that government can do and must do to keep our families safe, and our planet clean, and our markets free and fair, there's a lot that government can't, and shouldn't do. And that's where active, engaged citizens come in. That's the purpose of service in this nation."
Transcript of the President's Speech
The President delivered remarks before United States Marine Corps Cadets in the mess hall of Texas A&M University. Transcript
The President returned to Washington, DC. and to the White House.
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