Press Secretary Robert Gibbs will hold his first briefing of 2010 at 1:20pmET. Get the most up-to-date- info with our live blogging.
- The President will travel to Lorain County, Ohio on the 22nd of January to meet with workers, community leaders and small business owners to talk about job creation.
- Gibbs says the President is not distracted with everything on his plate. Dealing with terrorism is something the President has been dealing with since the transition. "We didn't have a mindset that this didn't exist prior to December 25th," Gibbs said referring to the terrorist threat against the US.
- Gibbs: Umar Farouk Abdulmullatab ( the accused terrorist) has provided useful intelligence to the FBI.
- Gibbs says he has not seen the CSPAN letter to Congressional leaders requesting a public televised healthcare conference.
- In the coming days we'll learn more about today's meeting with intelligence agency heads.
- The President continues to have full confidence in CIA Director Leon Panetta and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair
- Gibbs wouldn't answer Major Garrett's question that accountability means someone may lose their job [ over the system failure in the US intelligence community to prevent the attempted Dec 25th attack]
- Gibbs: The US will not "make decisions about Gitmo transfers to a country like Yemen that they are not capable of handling. While the US is committed to closing the facility, the determination has been made that right now any additional transfers to Yemen is not a good idea. "












































