First Press Briefing Of Obama Presidency Thursday
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Robert Gibbs is giving his first press briefing as Press Secretary for President Obama Thursday. He has been practicing for this day for weeks.
The first question, from Jennifer Loven of the AP, was about the executive order Obama signed Thursday morning to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. "The president believes that what he did today will enhance security of our people," Gibbs said, adding that Americans' safety is his number one priority.
Chip Reid of CBS News followed up by asking about ...
First Press Briefing Of Obama Presidency Thursday
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Watch live video here.
Robert Gibbs is giving his first press briefing as Press Secretary for President Obama Thursday. He has been practicing for this day for weeks.
The first question, from Jennifer Loven of the AP, was about the executive order Obama signed Thursday morning to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. "The president believes that what he did today will enhance security of our people," Gibbs said, adding that Americans' safety is his number one priority.
Chip Reid of CBS News followed up by asking about ...
Hillary Comes Out Swinging
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... positive and negative, on our evolving Iran policy:
“It is our expectation that we will be able to put together such a comprehensive sanctions regime in the event that we need it,” Clinton told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington. “It is our commitment that we will pursue that if we are either unsuccessful or stonewalled in our other approach.”
GoogleNews has links to several other stories, here, and the Washington Post has a live link to her testimony.
I'll post more after I've digested it all. In the ...
White House Comments on Justice Souter
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is taking questions from the press corps, which can be streamed live here.
We will have running commentary below:
–Obama hopes to have someone selected “well before the end of July” as Congress will be “out of Washington” for August

