Obama Holds Secret Meeting After White House Visit -- But With Whom?

Obama Holds Secret Meeting After White House Visit -- But With Whom?

An excerpt from the press pool report following Barack Obama's White House visit today:

The motorcade encountered crowds of people gathered outside the White House as it made its way off campus and headed toward Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. After arriving, President-elect Obama went into a previously unannounced "private" meeting at the airport's Fire Station 301. We're not being told who it's with but it will last about an hour. Podesta was not in the meeting, or at least did not stay around in the meeting, because he was spotted walking the other direction down the tarmac a few minutes after we arrived.

So... who'd he meet with?

Full press pool report:

Pool report #5
November 10, 2008
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

President Bush escorted President-elect Obama out of the Oval Office and walked him to down to the motorcade waiting on the south driveway. (Josh Bolten separately escorted John Podesta to a car much further back in the motorcade.) As they walked down the path, the president could be seen pointing things out to his soon-to-be successor. They did not linger at the car and the motorcade took off at 3:45 p.m.

Michelle Obama left before her husband for her own separate schedule in Washington for the remainder of the day and will be traveling separately back to Chicago later tonight. We're not being told what she will be doing in her extra time here, so we leave it to your imagination and reportorial instincts.

The motorcade encountered crowds of people gathered outside the White House as it made its way off campus and headed toward Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. After arriving, President-elect Obama went into a previously unannounced "private" meeting at the airport's Fire Station 301. We're not being told who it's with but it will last about an hour. Podesta was not in the meeting, or at least did not stay around in the meeting, because he was spotted walking the other direction down the tarmac a few minutes after we arrived. O Force One Frequent Flier Bonus Points to the first blogger to post 10 guesses about the identity of today's future cabinet secretary.

We're holding on the plane.

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