President Obama's Tucson Speech - Three branches of the federal government will travel with President Obama on Air Force One to Tucson today: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who was Arizona’s governor, Attorney General Eric Holder, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, and from the legislative branch Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with the Republican members of Arizona’s US House delegation: Reps. Paul Gosar, Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Ben Quayle, and Dave Schweikert.
Per sources, the president worked throughout the night on the speech. Its goal will be to administer to those mourning, honor those impacted by the shootings – including the victims, the heroes, and all those grieving in Tucson and beyond. Another goal will be to lift the nation up in this moment, not sully it with politics, thus shrinking what this moment stands for.
Looks like President Obama will have to make good on a bet and send a case of Molson beer to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Team USA lost to Canada 3-2 in a rivalry match up that ended with Canada boasting the gold medal. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the President watched the overtime match in an office off the Oval. Gibbs also lost a bed as a result of the hockey game. He will be wearing a Team Canada hockey jersey during one of his upcoming briefings in the next two weeks. Gibbs bet double-or-nothing with his Canadian counterpart, Dimitri Soudas, after the USA women's hockey team lost to Canada last week.
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