robert gibbs
Robert Gibbs has been appointed as Press Secretary for President Barack Obama. [1]
Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said. [2]
In choosing former campaign communications director Robert Gibbs as his new White House Press Secretary, Barack Obama tapped an ultra-loyalist who has spent the past few years wedded to the candidate’s side. [3]
Robert Gibbs, who has worked for Barack Obama since 2004, helping him shape his message, is the White House press secretary. [4]
Gibbs joined up with an obscure Illinois legislator running a tough Senate race. [5]
He played a central role in guiding Mr. Obama through his first two years in the Senate and his ascension to the national scene. [4]
Gibbs’who is officially in charge of Obama ’s message machine and responsible for the care and feeding of reporters’spends much of his time doing something else: he is Obama’s traveling counselor and sometime court jester. [5]
Gibbs, a “longtime communications operative with a special focus on the Senate, has been with Obama since shortly after his 2004 primary victory. [...] Prior to this he was communications director for U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill).) and currently serves as communications director for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. [1]
Robert Gibbs will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said. [2]
Gibbs was the communications director for U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. [6]
Her political experience includes planning both inaugurals for President Bill Clinton, and she has managed campaigns for governor, the U.S. Senate and House. [7]
President Elect Obama is definitely moving with the urgency needed in building his cabinet. [2]
Gibbs, who has worked with Obama since 2004, was press secretary of John Kerry ’s 2004 presidential campaign and has previously specialized in Senate campaigns, having served as communications director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and for four individual Senate campaigns, including those of Obama in 2004 and Fritz Hollings in 1998. [6]
On the campaign plane, the two men talk about missing their young kids. [5]
Sources:
[1] Robert Gibbs - SourceWatch
[2] Exclusive: Gibbs will be WH press secretary - Mike Allen - Politico.com
[3] Robert Gibbs - TIME
[4] Robert Gibbs News - The New York Times
[5] The Constant Companion: Robert Gibbs | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 …
[6] Robert Gibbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[7] Robert Gibbs: Obama's Press Secretary