44, Day 67: Bankers White House Call

An ongoing log of the daily activities of the 44th president of the United States during his first 100 days:

-CEOs of some of the nation's biggest banks met with President Obama today. After a conversation that lasted more than an hour, the CEOs emerged from the White House and proclaimed themselves generally pleased. "We're all in this together," was the common refrain from the executives, who all said they were impressed with the way Obama handled the meeting.

-The president today laid out his strategy for dealing with the conflict in Afghanistan as well as for US relations with Pakistan. And he spoke about the challenge posed by the Taliban and Al Qaeda, using language that we're sure former President George W. Bush would have approved. "The situation is increasingly perilous," Obama said in remarks from the White House. In calling for more US troops to go and train Afghan security forces and requesting $1.5 billion in additional aid annually to Pakistan, Obama also said US support did not come with a "blank check" and he called for progress benchmarks to be set.

-New polling numbers suggest that support for Obama remains strong and hasn't wavered in the last several weeks. A tracking poll from Gallup showed that for the third Friday in a row, 62 percent of those surveyed said they approved of Obama's performance. The disapprove number, 27 percent, also remained the same.

by J. Jennings Moss

Sources: The White House, USA Today, and the New York Times, and CNBC.