White House Visitor Log Lists Stars and C.E.O.’s [Includes GE Chairman: SEIU Chief "Most Frequent"]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/us/politics/31visitor.html?hp ^ | October 31st 2009

[Steelfish]

White House Visitor Log Lists Stars and C.E.O.’s

JEFF ZELENY October 30, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday released a partial roster of visitors in the first six months of President Obama’s term, a disclosure that shows business executives, labor leaders, lobbyists and a sprinkling of celebrities were cleared into the White House for meetings, events or tours.

President Obama held a meeting of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board at the White House in May. Jeffery R. Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric, was there.

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, visited the Oval Office on March 25. Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, dined in the White House Mess Hall on Feb. 19. Oprah Winfrey arrived two days earlier for an appointment in the residence of the executive mansion.

Among the White House guests was a boldface-names list of chief executives, including Lloyd C. Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, Vikram Pandit of Citigroup Inc., Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Rex W. Tillerson of the Exxon Mobil Corporation, David J. O’Reilly of the Chevron Corporation and Jeffrey R. Immelt of the General Electric Company The men, who met with Mr. Obama, his advisers or both, were among nearly 500 entries in logs from Jan. 20 to July 31.

The White House released the names late Friday in a disclosure that officials said was without precedent by previous administrations. The names on the White House Web site were in response to requests about specific people by watchdog groups or news organizations. (snip)

The most frequent visitor included in the narrow sample was Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union and Mr. Obama’s top ally in the labor movement. Mr. Stern visited the White House 22 time..

[Steelfish]

SEIU Chief- and ACORN ally visited WH 22 Times!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Gomer Pyle was unavailable for comment. He’s been so busy these days.

[AnglePark]

And there are some other interesting names there, like William Ayers and Jeff Jones — the two Weather Underground buddies.

The AFL/CIO dude, and many more... it’s a veritable Who’s Who of specialist interest groups, radicals and unions.

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[11Bush]

Do not refer the Zero as Pvt. Pyle. Gomer served honorably in the USMC, even if in fiction. This pos will never make even that grade.

[luckybogey]

Why is this a partial list? Why not the complete list?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I’m not. I’m referring to the ‘surprise, surprise’ comment inserted during an obvious moment.

No...Zero is not worthy of cleaning my cat box.

[nascarnation]

The White House offered no commentary about the list, except to clarify that visitors by the names of William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright were not the same two men who stirred controversy for Mr. Obama in his campaign. “The well-known individuals with those names never actually came to the White House,”

WTF??

[TexasCajun]

SEIU Chief- and ACORN ally visited WH 22 Times!

I take it he wasn't there to polish the floors!

[Dr. Ursus]

Jess Jackson-I hope the Secret Service keep him away from the cultery!

[diamond6]

GE sucks! Trying to get a hold of them on their customer service line is a joke.

[jmaroneps37]

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