He probably thought the Ebola Czar Nicole Lurie would be there, and he wouldn’t have to attend.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216628/posts
Nicole is the JV Ebola Czar.
So Klain is now Ebola Czar 2.0?
Will there be a formal transfer of power, like when the Federation Sky Marshall resigned after the bugs of Klendathu defeated Earth’s fearsome Mobile Infantry?