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  1. RT @collegepolitico: @MajoratWH At least you didn't do anything embarrassing while on camera...////no more than i usually do...
  2. RT @JCred: @MajoratWH really needs to be more concise when not saying anything. #HeCantHearYouShep #tcot/// and it was all in Dutch too!!!
  3. WH: Obama trip = visible US effort 2 strike CC deal. Subtext = shift attn 2 China, suggest it is hold-out, not U.S.
  4. with the "hope that we will have made progress." Ofcs say Obama will add no detail to $100 bn offer for 2020 climate fund
  5. "of these talks will be" saying over and over issues r "incredibly complex" and goal is demo "continued American lship"
  6. In conf call prepping Obama visit, snr ofcs taking long view, lowering expectations: "we don't know what the outcome
  7. "There's a lot of energy around that issue and it's one over which the talks could fail," senior WH official says.
  8. versus China and developed nations on whether underlying Kyoto commitments shld be extended....
  9. That dispute doesn't involve US, which doesn't want it extended. It;s EU, Canada, Australia, Japan and Russia
  10. Senior WH offical says biggest issue at C-hagen -- which could torpedo talks - is whether to extend Kyoto.
  11. Gibbs weighs in on C-hagen talks and hits China on possibly undermining deal. http://bit.ly/7XNoGy
  12. Some have asked abt Offut AFB and Sen. Ben Nelson HC vote. Here is WH on it. http://bit.ly/8VfWQr
  13. Copenhagen round-up: talks teeter, US promises $, Pelosi says "Yes!", Inhofe says "No!" http://bit.ly/7Ol0lb
  14. Catching up on some of my colleagues' work while I flew to C-hagen. WH producer Eve Zibel on WH v Dean on HC bill http://bit.ly/8X43y3
  15. Head of UN Climate Change Conf on $100 bn devel aid by 2020: "I'm looking keenly forward to hearing what the US contribution will be""
  16. Btw, at baggage claim here, 1 US.minute equals 9 Danish minutes....talk about an exchange rate. Bag speed def lacking.
  17. When they say things like "decide" or "commit" or "vow" or "double-dog-dare" it might take on more practical heft.
  18. Key world in ALL developing nations hand-outs here is "mobilize." I guess that means "mobilize" each other.
  19. when date comes around to make contributions real. Also, US had already pledged to "mobilize" $10 bn by 2012.
  20. Lastly, it's always fun to write checks on other people's power. Virtually no one here who pledges to 2020 fund will have power