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Shirley Sherrod
Gibbs Apologizes To Sherrod; She May Get Her Job Back (VIDEO)
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today offered an apology to Shirley Sherrod on behalf of the Obama administration.
He said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is trying to reach Sherrod as well, to offer his own apology and to "talk about their next steps."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (151) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: NAACP, Robert Gibbs, Shirley Sherrod, Tom Vilsack, USDA
Eric Massa
Gibbs Calmly Takes Down Massa Over Allegations Of Dem Plot (VIDEO)
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
With former Rep. Eric Massa appearing on Glenn Beck tonight and slinging charges of a Democratic conspiracy to force him out of Congress, the White House clearly wants to get out in front of this story.
Enter Robert Gibbs.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (17) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: Eric Massa, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Obama Administration, Robert Gibbs
Health Care
Asked About Charge Of Meddling, Gibbs Says FDA Drug Imports Stand Hasn't Changed
Robert Gibbs and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Asked about a Dem senator's accusation that the White House pressured the FDA to send a letter that helped kill a drug importation measure, Robert Gibbs did not directly address the charge, but maintained that the FDA has had safety concerns for years.
After his drug imports amendment was defeated last week, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) asserted that an FDA letter raising safety concerns about the measure may have originated in the White House.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (27) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Byron Dorgan, David Axelrod, Drug Imports, Drug Industry, FDA, Health Care, Obama Administration, Olympia Snowe, Robert Gibbs
Salahis
White House Stance On Rogers Testimony Mimics Bush
Desirée Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
The underlying issue is far less consequential -- but it's ironic to see the White House falling back on a argument against transparency that Democrats have spent the last few years challenging.
Asked Wednesday whether Social Secretary Desiree Rogers would testify before Congress about her role in the Salahi affair, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters:
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (12) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: Desiree Rogers, George Bush, Karl Rove, Peter King, Robert Gibbs, Salahis, U.S. Attorneys
War In Afghanistan
Will Obama Expand Afghan War Contractor Force? Gibbs Says He'll Look Into It
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Now that we know there are 104,100 private contractors who make the war in Afghanistan possible, TPMDC put the question to Robert Gibbs this morning: will the Obama Administration expand that contractor force, as it sends 30,000 more troops?
Gibbs told our Christina Bellantoni this morning that he isn't sure, but will try to find out.
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Muslim Mafia
White House Says President Hasn't Talked About Intern 'Spy' Accusations On Capitol Hill
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) and "CAIR intern" Dave Marshall, aka Chris Gaubatz
TPM asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during his briefing today about the Republicans who claim the Council on American Islamic Relations planted Muslim spies on Capitol Hill.
When we asked if President Obama was aware of the Republican charges, which have not moved an inch since they first announced the claims last week, Gibbs demurred.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (2) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: Anti-Terrorism Caucus, CAIR, Chris Gaubatz, Keith Ellison, Muslim Mafia, Robert Gibbs
Torture
In Push-Back On Torture Pics Report, Is Obama Mimicking Bush?
We've told you in recent months about the Obama administration's disappointing tendency to mimic some of its predecessor's more troubling war-on-terror tactics. But is the administration's approach to public relations another area to add to the list?
Yesterday's aggressive push-back against the Daily Telegraph report on torture photos suggests it could be.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (15) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (5)Topics: Barack Obama, Defense Department, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Robert Gibbs, Torture
Media
White House Press Corps Badgers Gibbs On Torture Stance
The White House press corps gave Robert Gibbs a hard time today about President Obama's comments this morning that left the door open to prosecutions of Bush officials for torture.
It's true that the president's comments go further than anything he'd said before, and could suggest that the White House is tacking this way and that on a crucial subject. That impression is strengthened by the fact that the White House has now had to walk back Rahm Emanuel's comments from Sunday that the Bushies wouldn't be prosecuted.
Late Update: Looks like The Huffington Post's Sam Stein had the same response to the briefing that we did.
Topics: Barack Obama, George Bush, Media, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gibbs, Torture
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