President Obama to Meet with Facebook Founder in San Francisco

(SAN FRANCISCO) -- President Barack Obama will travel to California on Thursday to meet with several business leaders, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The meeting, scheduled to be held in San Francisco, will focus on technology and innovation, which Obama made a priority in his State of the Union address.

“The President and the business leaders will discuss our shared goal of promoting American innovation, and discuss his commitment to new investments in research and development, education and clean energy,” a White House official said.

The White House plans to release the full list of business leaders joining Mr. Obama and Zuckerberg on Thursday.

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