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President-Elect Barack Obama has filled a top staff job: Robert Gibbs, his traveling senior adviser for most of the campaign, will hold the high-profile role of White House press secretary, Mike Allen reports on Politico44 . Gibbs, an Alabama native and former communications director for the ...
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mydd.com — Re: Axelrod, Gibbs to Join the White House ( 2.00 / 1 ) "Here's to hoping that... their governing skills are in the same neighborhood as their electoral skills" I think that's exactly what he's going for, a campaign team. Let's face fact, with the ... (more) : Axelrod, Gibbs to Join the White House
The Constant Companion: Robert Gibbs | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008
newsweek.com — His job title is a little deceptive. 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 ... (more) The Constant Companion: Robert Gibbs | Newsweek ...
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