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WASHINGTON | Thu Sep 2, 2010 5:17pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold a press conference on Friday, September 10, the White House said on Thursday.

It also said in a statement that he would make two trips next week to talk about the economy, visiting Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday and Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday.

Obama has been criticized in some quarters for holding relatively few press conferences, and for taking a limited number of questions when he faces the media.

His last extensive question-and-answer session with reporters was at the Toronto Group of 20 summit in June. But he has not held a full-blown, prime time press conference in the White House's stately East Room in over a year.

The White House did not spell out what format the president's press conference next week would take.

(Reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by Stacey Joyce)
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Kinnison wrote:
Another press conference. Sigh. Does the guy never just stay home, sit at his desk in the nicely-redecorated Oval Office, and do the nation’s work? Six vacations in 19 months, 50+ golf dates. He’s always jetting to and fro making speeches all over the country. He’s already President… Why does he then keep running for the office? I know—It’s all Bush’s fault.

Sep 02, 2010 6:19pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
crbob wrote:
Obama is always on the golf course, vacationing, or on the campaign trail, he does not know how to conduct the business of the country so must do what he is used to doing and that is community organizing…….

Sep 02, 2010 7:29pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
STORYBURNthere wrote:
Obama needs to raise taxes on those making north of $250k BEFORE the elections. That will HELP the Dems come November

Sep 02, 2010 10:09pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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