Presidential Visitor List Is Released

WASHINGTON -- Andrew Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union, visited the White House 22 times between Inauguration Day and July 31, meeting with President Barack Obama seven times and leading all visitors recorded during that period in a White House visitor log released Friday.

The White House released an incomplete log of visitors in the opening months of the presidency, offering a glimpse of power and influence in the new Democratic administration.

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