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President Barack Obama Oval Office listens to Valerie Jarrett during a meeting with senior staff in the Oval Office on Aug. 13, 2009. From left; White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Jarrett, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Assistant to the President Mona Sutphen. Seated at far right is Alyssa Mastromonaco, Director of Scheduling. Photo by Pete Souza

“I’m not going to be lectured by … right-wing nutjobs.”

Gibbs = Legend

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axelrod & gibbs

morning people

Thank you Proud (click here for PDF with poll details)

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Washington Post: President Obama will make stops in two key swing states, starting a campaign-style, two-day Southeast trip … In Durham, N.C., the president will speak to workers at and tour a company called Cree, Inc. that is a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting.

While in Durham, he will meet for the second time with his “Jobs and Competitiveness Council,” a group of 26 business leaders led by General Electric Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt that Obama created earlier this year to advise his administration on job creation.

Obama will then fly to Miami to attend three fundraisers on Monday evening …. On Tuesday, Obama heads to Puerto Rico, making the first official visit to the U.S. territory by a president since John F. Kennedy.

All Times Eastern

9:50 President Obama departs the White House

11:05 Arrives in Morrisville, North Carolina

11:25 Tours Cree, Inc’s manufacturing facility

11:40 Meets with the Jobs and Competitiveness Council

1:45 Delivers remarks

2:50 Departs Morrisville en route Miami, Florida

4:45 Arrives in Miami

5:50 Delivers remarks at a DNC event

7:20 Delivers remarks at a DNC event

8:10 Delivers remarks at a DNC event

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President Barack Obama reacts to a picture presented to him of a younger Robert Gibbs at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. on July 29, 2009.

AP: Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs will defend President Barack Obama in New Hampshire on Monday, countering criticism at a Republican presidential debate in the nation’s first primary state.

Campaign officials said Gibbs will appear in network and local affiliate television interviews connected to the debate… …Gibbs will play a similar role in New Hampshire….

Seven Republican presidential hopefuls will attend the Manchester, N.H., debate, including: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota; businessman Herman Cain of Georgia; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia; Rep. Ron Paul of Texas; former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.

Thanks Jovie

arise auburn!

President Barack Obama receives an Auburn University football jersey and helmet during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House honoring the 2010 NCAA BCS Football Champion football team

Look who’s back at the White House:

Ethan Gibbs has grown!

President Obama tries to put an Auburn University football helmet on the son of former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Ethan

October, 2008

Bumpety bump:

well?

Searching for Chump’s tax returns

Former White House press secretary and Obama confidante Robert Gibbs is throwing down the gauntlet on Donald Trump. “Donald Trump said he’d release his tax returns as soon as the president released his birth certificate, so the ball is in his court now and I know everybody is anxious to see his tax returns over the last 10 years,” Gibbs told Politico.

Trump first floated the trade-off in an interview with ABC earlier this month. “Maybe I’m going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate,” said the real estate mogul, whose wealth has long been a matter of dispute. “I may tie my tax returns [to the birth certificate]. I’d love to give my tax returns.”

At a Wednesday morning news conference in New Hampshire following the president’s release of his birth certificate, Trump repeatedly ignored questions about whether he’d fulfill his pledge.

But now he’s being called out by one of the president’s closest advisers. What say you, Mr. Trump?

west wing week: “goodbye, gibbs” (february 18, 2011)

a gift for gibbs

Complete press conference:

coming up

Don’t forget Robert Gibbs’ last press briefing today at 12:15 PM EST – the President might make an appearance

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Catch up with you all later

goodbye gibbs …. for now ;-)

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs with Vice President Joe Biden and his Communications Director Jay Carney in a photo from October, 2009. Gibbs is leaving the White House this month and will become an outside adviser to the administration – Carney will replace him in the role of Press Secretary.

President Obama with Ethan Gibbs, son of Robert

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, in his final week on the job, is beginning to share some of his thoughts on what it means to speak for the president of the United States.

Asked what advice he has given his successor, Vice President Biden’s communication director Jay Carney, Gibbs told reporters that he shared what his predecessors told him: “First and foremost, regardless of what you know and what you’re asked, your solemn obligation is to always tell the truth.”

Gibbs took his final official flight on Air Force One on Thursday.

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I’ll love this guy forever for taking on the “Professional Left” 😉