The President began his day receiving his daily security and economic briefings.

He then met his senior advisors.

Presdient Obama then signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009

The President then met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuuss the effect of a long war in Afghanistan on the military. Attending the meeting were:

Vice President Biden
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General George W. Casey, Chief of Staff of the Army
General James T. Conway, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations
General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force
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