UN Ambassador Susan Rice at WH briefing to discuss President Obama's schedule at UN next week

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Calling Obama's UN visit historic, Rice highlights the importance of "transnational security challenges."

The UN is "essential" in the administration's efforts to make Americans safer, she says.

DIG: "Rather than throw up our hands and walk away," Rice says, the US is staying to work issues through.

And now we're getting a very detailed walkthrough of the schedule. (12:29 p.m.)

Tuesday: Obama delivers remarks at secretary general's summit on climate change; and he hosts a lunch for leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa (read: no Qadhafi); bilateral mtg with Hu Jintao.

Wednesday: Obama delivers his first speech to the UN; "He'll lay out a new direction that he has set for foreign policy."

He'll also host a meeting with nations that have contributed the most troops to war and peace keeping operations; lunch of UN secretary general; bilateral meeting with Russia's Medvedev; host a US reception.

Thursday: A summit meeting on nuclear non-proliferation.

Rice: "It's a very full agenda."

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