DAILY SNAPSHOT
Thursday, March 31, 2016

All times are Eastern Time (ET)

9:00 am: The Vice President will hold a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey

10:35 am: The President holds a trilateral meeting with President Park Geun-Hye of the Republic of Korea and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan; The Vice President also attends

12:30 pm: The Vice President will hold a working lunch with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine

2:10 pm: The President holds a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China; The Vice President also attends

3:30 pm:The Vice President will hold a bilateral meeting with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan

4:15 pm: The President holds a brief bilateral meeting with President Francois Hollande of France

7:15 pm:The President holds a working dinner with heads of delegations at the Nuclear Security Summit; The Vice President also attends

Asked and Answered: An 11-Year-Old Girl Shares Her Story of Her Incarcerated Father

In a letter, 11-year-old Madison asked the President to help make it easier for her father to get a job and find the support he needs after he is released from prison. Read her moving words below.

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President Obama Has Now Commuted the Sentences of 248 Individuals

Underscoring his commitment to reforming our criminal justice system, President Obama met with past commutation recipients to discuss the reentry process. Read more how the President's efforts to give previously incarcerated individuals a second chance.

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Watch the Moment President Obama Meets the 6 Men and Women Who Were Granted Clemency

Yesterday, President Obama granted clemency to 61 Americans serving years in prison under outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws. The President has now commuted the sentences of more men and women than the last six presidents combined. Watch the President drop by a meeting with a few folks whose sentences were commuted.

President Barack Obama hugs Kemba Smith during a greet with formerly incarcerated individuals who have received commutations, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 30, 2016. Following that meeting the President took the group to lunch at a local restaurant. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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