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The Obama Administration: August 17-31, 2009

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Member of the Presidential Delegation:

Kathleen Stephens, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Harold Koh, The Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, U.S. Department of State and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Donald Gregg, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and Chairman Emeritus of the Korea Society
Thomas C. Hubbard, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and Senior Director at McLarty Associates
James Laney, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Jim Leach, Former U.S. Representative and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Evans Revere, President of the Korea Society
Wendy R. Sherman, Former Counselor of the U.S. Department of State and Vice Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group Source

The President departed the White House for Camp David.

Day212/Aug22nd/Saturday: In his weekly address, the President tried to debunk the myths around health insurance reform and discussed the public option proposal in which, he said, many of them are rooted. Transcript Video

Day213/Aug23rd/Sunday: The President and his family departed Camp David for a weeklong vacation at Martha's Vineyard.

Day214/Aug24th/Monday: The President continued his vacation with his family at Martha's Vineyard.

The Obama Administration released a redacted December 2004 CIA Inspector General's report. link to washingtonindependent.com post of the report & Newsweek Report

United States Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Federal Prosecutor John Durham, a career prosecutor from Connecticut, to "determine if CIA interrogators and contractors broke the law when executing harsh interrogation techniques in nearly a dozen cases. Sources: CBS Evening News, August 24th, 2009 & Rawstory.com

The Cash For Clunkers program ended.

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