The President began his day with his daily security and ecnomic briefings. He then met with his senior staff.

At 11:15 the President departed the White House to travel to Portsmouth New Hampshire where he held a town hall on health insurance reform. At the meeting President Obama was fortright in responding to some of the more outrageous claims about the consequences of health care reform. The audience attending the meeting was overwhelmingly friendly. Transcript

The President then returned to Washington where he met Secretary of Defense Gates/.