According to President Barack Obama’s official schedule, “Later in the afternoon, the President will hold a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room. There will be a pool spray at the top of the meeting.”
By CBS reporter Mark Knoller’s account, this cabinet meeting is the first one President Obama has held since January 31:
Today at the WH, Pres Obama convenes a Cabinet meeting – 18th of his presidency, first one since Jan 31st.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 26, 2012
That January cabinet meeting, according to the White House, “focused on small businesses.” Here’s how the White House described that meeting:
So it appears, like the president’s jobs council, his cabinet has been focusing on jobs. And, like the jobs council, the president hasn’t held a cabinet meeting in over the last six months.
