The day began with the Presdient and Vice Preisdent receiving their daily briefings.

He then met with his senior advisors,

The Presdient and Vice President then met with the heads of the various agencies responsible for fithing terror. Attneding the meeting were:

State of State Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
Attorney General Eric Holder
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
Leon Panetta, Director of the CIA
Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI
LTG Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency
Michael Leiter, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Denis McDonough, NSS Chief of Staff
Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications
Nick Rasmussen, Senior Director for Counterterrorism, NSS
Heidi Avery, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, NSS
Bob Bauer, White House Counsel
Mary DeRosa, Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs

After the meeting the President delivered remaks iin which he made it clear that the attempted attack on Christmas Day was an unacceptable failure of the intelligence community. Remarks

The Presdient then met with Secreatry of Defense Gates

The Presdient and Vice President then met with House and Senate Democratic leadership