President Obama won’t be traveling to New Jersey and Connecticut later today, as he had been planning to do. There he was going to raise money for Democrats up for reelection in November. Instead, Obama is going to be hosting Cabinet members for a meeting on Ebola.
White House aide Dan Pfeiffer tweets: “Later this afternoon,POTUS will convene a meeting at the White House of cabinet agencies coordinating the government’s Ebola response.”
Later this afternoon,POTUS will convene a meeting at the White House of cabinet agencies coordinating the government’s Ebola response
— J. Goldman -Archived (@Goldman44) October 15, 2014
The AP also reported the news: “White House: Obama cancels Wednesday trip to NJ, Conn, holding Ebola meeting with Cabinet.”
WASHINGTON (AP) _ White House: Obama cancels Wednesday trip to NJ, Conn, holding Ebola meeting with Cabinet.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) October 15, 2014
UPDATE: Here’s how the White House announced it:
The President’s travel today to New Jersey and Connecticut has been postponed.
Later this afternoon, the President will convene a meeting with cabinet agencies coordinating the government’s Ebola response. There will be a pool spray at the bottom of this meeting in the Cabinet Room.
3:30PM THE PRESIDENT holds a meeting with cabinet agencies coordinating the government’s Ebola response
Cabinet Room
Pool Spray at the Bottom (Final Gather 4:00PM – Brady Press Briefing Room)
