Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs tells the author of a new book on President Obama’s family that he “stopped taking” presidential aide Valerie Jarrett “at all seriously as an adviser to the president” after she made up complaints from first lady Michelle Obama about his work. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Republicans must decide whether they’re going to “swear allegiance to the tea party” or work with Democrats to create jobs. (more)
GOP frontrunners Govs. Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty were singled out for criticism by several Democrats. (more)
Peter Orszag shed some new light on why he left his post as White House budget director and brushed off criticism over his decision take a multi-million dollar job at CitiGroup in an interview with New York magazine. (more)
Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs could soon join the team at Facebook.com in a senior role, unnamed sources told Dealbook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on Sunday. We don’t know if or when it will happen, as both parties are playing coy, or for how much. What we do know is that snagging Gibbs would make Facebook’s D.C. team one of the best in the tech industry. (more)
On Saturday morning, after a round of doubles tennis with my wife and in-laws, I tuned into CSPAN’s Washington Journal program and watched Tea Party Express Director of Grassroots and Coalitions Amy Kremer do one of the network’s phone-in segments about the Tea Party Express’s political views — as she was in town for the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). She was engaging and polite, and spoke with conviction to a variety of callers from different political persuasions. Though she’d never previously been involved in politics before joining the Tea Party Express, she has the bearing and exudes the confidence of someone who’s had considerable leadership experience. I was very impressed. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Leon Panetta says U.S. intelligence indicates that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large majority of smokers who try to kick the habit are back puffing away within six months, so President Barack Obama is ahead of the game. (more)
Five former White House press secretaries critiqued the administration’s response to Egypt and offered new press secretary Jay Carney advice Monday night at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. (more)
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs had this to say when asked about former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s bleak assessment of the president’s handling of the Egypt crisis: “I read that answer several times, and I still really don’t know what she’s saying.” (more)
When folks are asked about the central tenets of President Obama’s 2008 campaign, phrases such as “unprecedented transparency,” “post-partisan,” and “hope and change” regularly come up. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday severely criticized what it called systematic attacks on journalists in Egypt and said they appeared to be an attempt to shut out reporting of even bigger anti-government demonstrations to come. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is asking besieged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to lift the emergency police powers that have safeguarded his iron rule while focusing behind the scenes on elections this fall that could be a chance to achieve a legitimate democracy without Mubarak in control, administration officials said. (more)
President Obama has chosen Jay Carney, the current spokesman for Vice President Joe Biden and a former Washington bureau chief for Time Magazine, to be his new press secretary, replacing Robert Gibbs. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heavy snow and icy roads Wednesday night created hazardous condition for President Barack Obama as he returned to the White House from a trip to Wisconsin. (more)
While much of America views Bradley Manning, the private first class who has been accused of leaking secret documents to WikiLeaks, as a traitor, he does have some defenders who consider him nothing less than a patriot. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge “a lot still needs to be done” to improve human rights in his nation accused of repressing its people. President Barack Obama pushed China to adopt fundamental freedoms but assured Hu the U.S. considers the communist nation a friend and vital economic partner. (more)
President Obama this month has sustained the momentum he gained in December by playing the role of political strategist, world leader and, in the last week, the nation’s healer. (more)
Washington (CNN) – It was what diplomats might call a “frank exchange of views” Thursday as White House spokesman Robert Gibbs got into a Cold War-style tiff with a Russian reporter about whether American freedoms go too far and may have led to the tragic shooting in Tucson. (more)
