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*George Stephanopoulos recently returned to his old spot as anchor of ABC’s “This Week” in the midst of the heated Republican debate on NBC. Jumping on the political band wagon right away, the first appearance was by former White House advisor David Axelrod who chatted about a new book about President Obama that details tensions [...]
*Facebook is in talks to hire Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s former White House press secretary, for a senior role in helping to manage the company’s communications, people briefed on the negotiations said. The talks are still at an early stage and no formal offer has been made, these people said, adding it remained possible that [...]
*President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak on Hosni Mubarak’s exit at 1:30 p.m. EST. NBC’s Chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd is reporting that the president was informed of the announcement during a meeting in the Oval Office. He reportedly left the meeting and watched the events unfold on television. Obama will speak just [...]
*White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says he is resigning his job as President Obama’s chief spokesman. Gibbs is leaving to become an outside political adviser to Obama and to give speeches in the private sector. The change is to take effect in early February. No replacement has been immediately named.
*It’s so scary to think that the Republicans were able to slip a fast one on us and take hold of the House like that when it’s obvious that a few of them are more than a quarter short of 25 cents. Anderson Cooper doesn’t play politics, but even he got upset and had to [...]
*The White House has responded to the latest controversial comment from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who said in a recent interview that the president may follow a “Kenyan, anti-colonial” worldview. Speaking to the National Review, Gingrich mentioned a recent Forbes article by conservative writer Dinesh D’Souza which attempted to trace the origins of Obama’s [...]
*The White House has decided to address the most recent claims of Fox News Channel Glenn Beck that President Obama is a follower of “liberation theology.” As previously reported, Beck said this form of Christianity is all about “oppressors” and “victims.” At Thursday’s White House press briefing, Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about [...]
*President Barack Obama will visit New Orleans later this month to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Friday, Obama will travel on Aug. 29 to Louisiana’s largest city, and “members of the president’s cabinet who’ve worked to speed recovery and restoration efforts in the region also will be in New [...]
*Shirley Sherrod has received apologies from President Obama, his press secretary Robert Gibbs on behalf of the entire administration, her former boss Tom Vilsack, the NAACP and even Fox News host Bill O’Reilly (sort of) – all for rushing to judgment over the doctored tape of her posted by right-wing blogger Andrew Breitbart. But, as [...]
*Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack held a press conference this afternoon to extend a personal apology to ousted employee Shirley Sherrod, and to reveal he has offered her another job working on civil rights at the agency. Vilsack told reporters that Sherrod accepted his apology. He said, “She was extraordinarily gracious.” The offer comes after an [...]
*White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just wrapped his daily press briefing and extended an official apology to fired USDA official Shirley Sherrod on behalf of the Obama administration, then, said an investigation would be launched to find out what went wrong. [Watch press briefing below, along with Sherrod's reaction.] Here’s what Gibbs said, referring [...]
*The White House fired a memo to House Democrats Wednesday defending its campaign actions after complaints that the administration isn’t doing enough to keep a Democratic majority following the 2010 elections. The memo highlighted all campaign appearances President Barack Obama has made for congressional Democrats, as well as “40 or so” upcoming scheduled events, reports [...]
*RNC chairman Michael Steele has flip-flopped on the race card issue, having once accused Democrats of using it when all else fails, and now pulling it for himself to defend against criticisms coming from within his own party. The GOP leader told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that, as an African-American, he is being held to [...]
*President Barack Obama is venturing into hostile territory on Wednesday to grant an interview with the Fox News Channel. The conservative-leaning cable network, which a top administration official once referred to as a political arm of the Republican Party, will feature the president at 6 p.m. in an interview with Bret Baier. The focus will [...]
*President Barack Obama’s aunt, an illegal immigrant from Kenya, pleaded for political asylum Thursday during a federal immigration hearing in Boston, reports the Associated Press. Zeituni Onyango, 57, testified for 2-1/2 hours today in her second attempt to secure asylum after ignoring a 2004 deportation order Two other witnesses, both doctors, were testifying in support [...]
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