President Obama heads south to meet with Mexico President Felipe Calderon, to discuss drug-related violence, energy and trade. He leaves Andrews Air Force Base at around 10 a.m.
Before that, he announced plans to promote high-speed rail network.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also headed south, visiting Haiti before meeting up with Obama in Trinidad and Tobago for the Summit of the Americas.
Yes, Congress is still out of town.
The Log Cabin Republicans, a group of gay GOPers, open their convention tonight with a dinner and drinks at a gay-friendly sports bar. Cindy and Meghan McCain host a reception for big-money sponsors tomorrow, but no current Republican officeholders are scheduled to address the group.
photo: REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (Soldiers inspect a car for drugs and weapons at a military checkpoint outside the Cordova-Americas international border crossing in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 11)
