President Obama is meeting Monday morning with his war council in an ongoing review of Afghanistan strategy that has now stretched on for more than four weeks.
But the group he is meeting with for what is the sixth meeting on the issue is the smallest yet. Here are the officials the White House has said will be there, and below that are the dates of each of the previous five meetings, and below that are the participants in each of those meetings.
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These lists are not exhaustive. The White House did not list political advisers like David Axelrod and press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Monday, Oct. 26
11:30 – Situation Room
Vice President Biden (via videoconference)
Secretary of State Clinton
Secretary of Defense Gates
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
Meeting Dates:
Sun., Sept. 27
Wed., Sept. 30
Wed. Oct. 7
Friday, Oct. 9
Wed., Oct. 14
Monday, Oct. 26
Meeting participants:
Sunday, Sept. 27
no readout
Wed., Sept. 30
3:30 p.m. - Situation Room
Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Wed. Oct. 7
3:30 – Situation Room
Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Clinton
Secretary of Defense Gates
Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent US Representative to the United Nations
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Friday, Oct. 9
2:30 p.m. - Situation Room
Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Clinton
Secretary of Defense Gates
Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations (via videoconference)
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Wednesday, Oct. 14
9:45 a.m. - Situation Room
Expected attendees include:
Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Clinton (via videoconference)
Secretary of Defense Gates
Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg (announced by Gibbs in briefing)
Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
— Jon Ward, White House reporter, The Washington Times
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