Obama To Hold News Conference This Morning

By Mark Memmott

Published October 6, 2011 at 8:08 AM EDT

<p>President Obama during his July 15 news conference in the briefing room of the White House.</p> — President Obama during his July 15 news conference in the briefing room of the White House.

President Obama will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. ET today in the East Room of the White House, his press office just announced.

Among the topics sure to come up: His jobs bill.

We're planning to live-blog as it happens, so check back as the time gets closer if you'd like to follow along.

Obama's most recent solo news conference was on July 15.

Mark Memmott

Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.

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