Obama, journos lunch on salad, halibut pear tart at White House
8 Nov 2009, 1110 Hrs

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Washington, Nov.8 US President Barack Obama met shared a green salad, halibut and pear tart for dessert with several journalists at lunch on Friday at the White House.

The attendees for Friday's lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker, POLITICO's Mike Allen, NPR/ Fox's Mara Liasson, Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall and New York Times trio David Brooks, Andy Rosenthal, and Gail Collins.

Also on hand were administration officials: David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, Bill Burton, and Robert Gibbs.

The off-the-record lunch lasted about two hours, reports Politico.

Obama's had had several meetings with columnists, editors and reporters since shortly before inauguration. (ANI)

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