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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Wednesday, Feb. 26

WHITE HOUSE, ECONOMY, COURTS

--------------------- PRESIDENT OBAMA

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All times LOCAL.

White House daily tape: 202-456-2358.

White House press office: 202-456-2580.

UPDATED

THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE

Highlights:

10:15 a.m. The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. Oval Office. Closed Press.

11:15 a.m. The President departs the White House. South Lawn. Open Press (Final Gather 10:55 a.m. - North Doors of the Palm Room).

11:30 a.m. The President departs Joint Base Andrews. Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage (Call Time 10:00 a.m. - Virginia Gate, Joint Base Andrews).

12:50 p.m. The President arrives Minnesota. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Open Press.

1:15 p.m. The President tours the Metro Transit Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility. St. Paul, Minnesota. Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage.

2:05 p.m. The President delivers remarks. Union Depot, St. Paul, Minnesota. Open to Pre-Credentialed Media.

3:05 p.m. The President departs Minnesota. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Open Press.

6:10 p.m. The President arrives Joint Base Andrews. Out-of-Town Travel Pool Coverage.

6:25 p.m. The President arrives the White House. South Lawn. Open Press (Final Gather 6:05 p.m. - North Doors of the Palm Room).

Notes: Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest will gaggle aboard Air Force One.

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VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN

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All times LOCAL.

Vice president's press office: 202-456-0373.

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THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE

Highlights:

2 p.m. The Vice President will hold a listening session with college presidents and university officials as part of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. There will be a pool spray for still photographers only at the top of this meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

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ECONOMIC REPORTS

10 a.m. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT — Releases new home sales for January.

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STATE DEPARTMENT

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SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY

Highlights:

9:45 a.m. Secretary of State John Kerry will host Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and convene the fourth plenary session of the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission at the U.S. Department of State. The remarks will be open to the press. Pre-set time for cameras: 9:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance. Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 9:15 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance.

11 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Russell Feingold and Founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative Ben Affleck, at the Department of State. Pooled Press.

9 a.m. - 12 p.m. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW — Meeting to discuss possible topics for future work related to arbitration or conciliation in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). This is not a meeting of the full Advisory Committee.

Location: Room 4835, Harry S Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW.

2 p.m. STATE DEPARTMENT - SPRING BREAK SAFETY - GOOGLE HANGOUT — As many U.S. students prepare to travel abroad during their 2014 Spring Break, the U.S. Department of State will host a Google Hangout to discuss international travel safety for women.

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FEDERAL JUDICIARY

10 a.m. U.S. SUPREME COURT — The Supreme Court is expected to issue 1-4 opinions.

Highlights:

12-1163 Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Systems. The Patent Act provides that a "court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party." At issue here is whether a district court's exceptional-case finding based on its judgment that a patent-infringement suit brought by Allcare against Highmark was objectively baseless is entitled to deference.

12-1184 Octane Fitness, Llc V. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. In a patent-infringement case, whether a federal appeals court's ruling raised the standard for accused infringers to recoup attorney fees, thereby encouraging patent plaintiffs to bring frivolous patent cases to cause competitive harm or coerce unwarranted settlements from defendants.