White House Press Briefing Aug. 7

The week ahead:
Sun: Travel to Mexico
Tues: Town Hall Portsmouth N.H.
Wed: Reception for Sotomayor, Medal of Freedom ceremony (see recipients here)
Aug.14: First Family in Bozeman, Montana (Obama has a town hall)
Aug. 15: First Family in Yellowstone, Wyoming and Grand Junction, Colorado
Aug. 16: First Family visit the Grand Canyon.
On the town hall violence, Gibbs says we can have honest policy disagreements without being violent. If you have a strong opinion, come to the town hall meeting, but have respect for others, Gibbs advises.

White House Press Briefing July 15

Gibbs Press Briefing May 8

Obama's schedule and travel plans:
June 4: Obama gives speech in Egypt about relations with the Muslim world
June 5: Buchenwald, Dresden, Germany
June 6: 65th anniversary of D-Day.
May 9: Obama speaks at the correspondents din din.
May 11: Event at the White House and Obama will welcome men's North Carolina basketball team.
May 12: The Obamas host an eve celebrating poetry, music and the spoken word.
May 13: Obama delivers commencement at Arizona state
May 14: An event in Albuquerque, likely a town hall
May 15: Welcome the Philadelphia Phillies.

Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Gives First Conference

Gibbs announced that Obama will now be getting daily economic briefings. He also said Obama will keep his BlackBerry (such a non issue) Read more about the press conference here.

Here's another update, Obama surprises the press, pops in to say hi and thanks them for not ripping Gibbs apart during his first press conference, to which one of the reporters then proceeded to try and get answers from Obama about one of his nominees. Read all about that here.