Fact-sheet: President Obama's Participation in the NATO Summit Meetings in Lisbon
The President returned to Washington, DC. in the evening.
Day666/Nov21st/Sunday: The President rested.
Day667/Nov22nd/Monday: The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new rule called the "medical loss ratio" rule that required health insurance companies to spend 80 to 85 percent of health care insurance premiums on medical care and health care quality improvement starting in 2011 instead of overhead costs like advertising or executive compensation. Any health insurance company that fails to do so would be required to provide a rebate to their customers starting in 2012. Source & Video
Jacob Lew began his first official day as Director of Management (OMB) since the United States Senate confirmed him November 18, 2010. Source
Day668/Nov23rd/Tuesday: The President traveled to Kokomo, Indiana and, with Vice President Joe Biden , toured the Chrysler Indiana Transmission Plant II and delivered remarks. Transcript Video
The President, upon his return to the White House, attended a meeting of his senior national security team on the situation on the Korean peninsula. The President was briefed by National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon , Secretaries Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates , U.S. United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen , and General Walter L. Sharp, Commander of U.S. Forces Korea. Source
The President proclaimed Thursday, November 25, 2010, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. Source
The President telephoned King Abdullah bin Adb al-Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia to convey his best wishes for a full and quick recovery from medical treatment that the King was receiving in the United States. Source
The President called South Korean President Lee Myong-bak to assure him that the United States strongly condemned the attack by North Korea on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeoung, which took the lives of at least two Koreans and injured many more. The two Presidents agreed to hold combined military exercises and enhanced training in the days ahead to continue the close security cooperation between both countries, and to underscore the strength of their Alliance and commitment to peace and security in the region. Source
Day669/Nov24th/Wednesday: The President pardoned Apple and its alternate Cider, both 21-week old, 45-pound turkeys, in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. Transcript Video
The President handed out turkeys, stuffing, pumpkin pies and all the Thanksgiving fixings with his friends and family at Martha's Table, a local non-profit organization in Northwest Washington,D.C . Source
The President met with United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the Oval Office of the White House.
The President issued a Presidential Memorandum to Dr. Amy Gutmann Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, in which he ordered her to convene a panel to conduct, beginning in January 2011, a thorough review of human subjects protection to determine if Federal regulations and international standards adequately guard the health and well-being of participants in scientific studies supported by the Federal Government, and that the Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues oversee a thorough fact-finding investigation into the specifics of the U.S. Public Health Service Sexually Transmitted Diseases Inoculation Study. The President's order was provoked by revelations that the U.S. Public Health Service conducted research on sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948 involving the intentional infection of vulnerable human populations. Source
Day670/Nov25th/Thursday: In his Weekly Address, the President expressed gratitude to America's military men and women and their families, and discussed the steps his Administration was taking to help create jobs. Transcript Video
The President celebrated Thanksgiving Day at the White House with friends, family and staff.
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