Obama Speaks With Troops in Anchorage Alaska Nov. 12

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Obama will speak to troops at Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage at 5:30 pm eastern. Then he'll depart to Japan. See his full Asian travel schedule here.
Live audio at WhiteHouse.gov/live. Live streaming at cnn.com.

None of the events are open to the general public.

Private meeting with service members, 1:10 p.m. Address to service members at Hangar 1, 1:30 p.m. The Hangar 1 event will be covered live by local media. The White House extended invitations to key elected officials, but several Republicans are passing. Democratic Sen. Mark Begich will be there. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be in Kotzebue and Republican Rep. Don Young didn't come back to Alaska for the Veterans Day recess. Republican Gov. Sean Parnell will skip the visit and instead deliver a "major" speech on deferred maintenance at the Associated General Contractors annual conference in Anchorage, a long-standing commitment, his spokeswoman said. A city spokeswomen said Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan will attend. ADN

Republicans are Smarter Than Democrats Republicans Say

The republicans response to the stimulus, courtesy of Sen. Lisa Murkowski -- of Alaska!
In a soft voice, Murkowski says the stimulus is cause for serious concern. It's not Monopoly money.
Democrats settled on a random amount of money and then sought to fill the bucket. Republicans, on the other hand, targeted the root of the problem, she said.
Too late Murkowski! Bill passed. Now we have to make it work. It seems they'll sit on the sidelines and root for failure.
This, by the way, is the party sending out GOP Valentines.

More republican outrage from Wisconsin's Paul Ryan.