From Politico.com
By Michael Calderone
President Obama met with several journalists for lunch today at the White House, according to source with knowledge of the event.The attendees for Friday’s lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker, POLITICO's Mike Allen, NPR/ Fox's Mara Liasson, Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall and New York Times trio David Brooks, Andy Rosenthal, and Gail Collins
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Also on hand were administration officials: David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, Bill Burton, and Robert Gibbs.
The off-the-record lunch lasted about two hours, and included a green salad, halibut and and pear tart for dessert.
Obama's had several meetings with columnists, editors and reporters since shortly before inauguration. Early on, there was a conservative columnist dinner at George Will's house, followed by a meeting with liberal and moderate writers the next day. Just two weeks ago, Obama met with a group of mostly liberal columnists and cable personalities.