Also participating at the White House will be Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan, Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Richard Reed, and other senior members of the President's team.

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This breaking issue has the potential to be one of the first to arrive on the desk of the occupant of a newly created position at the White House -- the Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics -- intended to report jointly to National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and Economic Advisor to the President Lawrence Lindsay.

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Jon Carson is a Deputy Assistant to the President and the Director of the Office of Public Engagement.

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