Others in attendance at the briefing included National SecurityAdvisor Tom Donilon, Homeland SecurityAdvisor John Brennan, Deputy National SecurityAdvisor Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, and John Holdren, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The President was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, Homeland SecurityAdvisor Fran Townsend, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Press Spokesman Scott McClellan and the Director of White House Legislative Affairs, Candy Wolff.