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The Huffington PostThrough its first nine months in office, the Obama administration frequently consulted with leaders of the business and financial communities they were saving from the brink of collapse, according to a review of White House visitor log records released on Wednesday.
Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue visited the White House on ten different occasions, an administration aide confirms. He met twice with the president, twice with his chief economic consultant, Larry Summers and three times with Obama's business liaison, Valerie Jarrett. In the past few months, the Chamber has found itself embroiled in a bitter fight with the administration on health care policy and regulatory reform, which may explain why none of the visits have occurred since June.
Donohue wasn't the only frequent invitee from the business world. John J. Castellani, president of The Business Roundtable, was also a visitor at the White House on seven different occasions. Twice he came as an audience member for a business council speech. Once he was there for a meeting with the White House's chief health care adviser, Nancy-Ann DeParle. Once he met in the East Room with the president.
Edward Yingling, the president of the American Bankers Association, visited the White House on six occasions --five of which have been previously reported. Often the visits were to discuss issues of bank and credit card policy as well as the housing market. Some of these meetings were formal discussions with other business tycoons. On one occasion Yingling did meet with the president himself, according to a review of White House visitor log records released on Wednesday.
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