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The Obama Administration: May 1-16, 2010

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The President delivered the commencement address at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Transcript Video

Day472/May10th/Monday: The President met with members of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in the Oval Office of the White House.

The President announced in the East Room of the White House his nomination of United States Solicitor General Elena Kagan for Justice of the United States Supreme Court, which he sent to the United States Senate. Transcript Video

The President met with a number of Cabinet members and senior staff in the White House Situation Room to review BP efforts to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico as well as to decide on next steps to ensure all is being done to contain the spread, mitigate the environmental impact and provide assistance to affected states, including individuals, businesses, and communities. Source

The President met with United States Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner in the Oval Office of the White House.

The President met with United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in the Oval Office.

The President issued an Executive Order establishing within the U.S. Department of State a temporary organization to be known as the Iraq Strategic Partnership Office, the purpose of which to perform the specific project of supporting executive departments and agencies in facilitating the strategic partnership between the U.S. Government and the Republic of Iraq, in further securing and stabilizing the country, and in continuing an effective diplomatic presence in Iraq. Source

The President expressed his sadness of the death of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne. Source

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