44, Day 97: On Golf, Swine Flu, and a "Hallmark Holiday"

An ongoing log of the daily activities of the 44th president of the United States during his first 100 days:
-- Not much from the man who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue today. He spent much of the day playing golf at Andrews Air Force Base with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, trade representative Ron Kirk, and White House staffer Marvin Nicholson.

-- Even though the president plans to hold a town hall meeting in Arnold, Missouri on Wednesday morning, and then return to Washington to hold a nationally-televised press conference, his spokesman today downplayed the entire idea of a 100-day-calendar. Calling the milestone a "Hallmark Holiday," Robert Gibbs said on NBC's Meet the Press that Obama "would want the American people to spend a good eight or 10 seconds reflecting on those 100 day."

-- Meanwhile, at the White House, administration officials today tackled growing concerns of a swine flu outbreak. Officials, led by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, announced that the government activated an emergency plan to contain the virus. One question officials had to deal with was what it meant that they were briefing reporters at the White House on a serious public health issue while Obama was playing golf. "I'm not sure I would draw a direct conclusion between the news today and the president's golf," Gibbs said. "The president has been updated regularly on this and will continue to do so as we will continue to regularly update you."

Sources: Politico, MSNBC.com, and FoxNews.com.