SitRep

National security looms large on President Obama's agenda this Wednesday, which includes a morning meeting with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room. The White House released a list of expected attendees for the session, which is closed to the press:

Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Defense Secretary Robert Gates
Susan Rice, permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations
Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (via videoconference)
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Anne Patterson, U.S. ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
Pentagon policy chief Michèle Flournoy
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Lt. Gen. Dave Rodriguez (via videoconference)
Lt. Gen. William Caldwell (via videoconference)
Vice Adm. Michael LaFever (via videoconference)
Director of National Intelligence retired Adm. Dennis Blair
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal Wolin
National Security Adviser retired Gen. James Jones
Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon
John Brennan, assistant to the president for counterterrorism and homeland security
Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, special assistant to the president for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Robert Nabors, OMB deputy director

In the afternoon, Obama is slated to meet with Clinton, lunch with King Juan Carlos I of Spain and then join Biden to meet with Gen. Raymond Odierno, the commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Chris Hill in the Oval Office.