Day 209 August 16 2011

President Barack Obama talks with people at Grasshoppers store in Le Claire, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2011, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest focusing on ways to grow the economy.

President Barack Obama talks with people at Grasshoppers store in Le Claire, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2011, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest focusing on ways to grow the economy.

11:50AM THE PRESIDENT delivers opening remarks at the White House Rural Economic Forum Northeast Iowa Community College

12:35PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a breakout session hosted by Small Business Administrator Karen Mills Northeast Iowa Community College

12:55PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a breakout session hosted by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Northeast Iowa Community College

2:00PM THE PRESIDENT is interviewed by KSDK Saint Louis, Missouri and WDAF Kansas City, MO Northeast Iowa Community College

2:30PM THE PRESIDENT delivers closing remarks at the Rural Economic Forum Northeast Iowa Community College