W.H.: Obama won't speak on Libya
Jay Carney said that he didn't anticipate Obama speaking about Libya
White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Air Force One that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak about Libya at 2:30 p.m. He referred questions on Libya to "earlier statements," the pool reports.
Carney added that he didn't anticipate Obama speaking about Libya.
More notes from the pool report: President Obama authorized the use of force over the weekend against the Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden if a threat to hostages was imminent, Carney said. Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan told Obama of the four hostages' deaths at 4:42 a.m., he said.
On the budget, Carney said the White House budget office has had contingency plans since 1980 for a government shutdown, and that the administration is optimistic that an agreement can be forged to prevent one.