President Barack Obama is meeting Wednesday morning with senior advisers to discuss possible U.S. intervention in Libya.

The discussion at the White House, to examine the ramifications of a no-fly zone over Libya and other potential military options, will include Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, national security adviser Tom Donilon, CIA Director Leon Panetta and other top officials.

In the afternoon, Obama will meet with the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard Eubank.

In the evening, the president is hosting a White House basketball party to watch his hometown Chicago Bulls play the Charlotte Bobcats. Obama has invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers from Chicago and Charlotte, N.C., to join him.