The Daily Rundown

April 12, 2011 From 8-9 AM, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will give remarks on the impact of parental involvement in education and the need to fix No Child Left Behind to the fifty-one moms from every state and D.C. participating in Parenting magazines Mom Congress on Education and Learning. The event will take place at Copley Hall at Georgetown University. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon is on the second day of his three day trip that will take him to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he will meet with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz; in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, he will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The National Security Advisors visit underscores the importance of our relationship with these two key partners. Yesterday, Mitt Romney formed an exploratory committee with the same slogan, Believe in America, that John Kerry had. Today is National Licorice Day It is the 150th anniversary (the sesquintennial) of the Confederacys attack on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. It is the 66th anniversary of FDRs death and Henry Clay would be 234 today.