The President was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Press Spokesman Scott McClellan and the Director of White House Legislative Affairs, Candy Wolff.
Viewed as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, Rubio will make full-court press on the issue on Sunday network talk shows, including CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley.