Gas prices, Japan and leadership likely to dominate at Obama's news conference

President Obama is planning a news conference at 12:30 Friday afternoon that the White House announced will focus on high energy prices. He will also no doubt address the massive earthquake in Japan, which has spawned a tsunami whose waves have hit Hawaii and Alaska.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031102684.html?wprss=rss_politics

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