Showing posts with label robert gibbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robert gibbs. Show all posts

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Obama's Schedule Feb. 11, 2011

All times are eastern.
9:45 AM
Obama receives the presidential daily briefing.

11:30 AM
Biden speaks at the University of Louisville McConnell Center.

12:15 PM
Gibbs briefs the press. This is Robert Gibbs' last press briefing and apparently the press is planning a surprise, so it might be worth the watch. Live stream. Jay Carney will take his place. I imagine he will take over @PressSec as well.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Obama Hosts Cantor, Boehner for Lunch Feb. 9

Obama hosts John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy for lunch at 12:30 pm Wednesday. Here's today's White House press briefing, much of it on Egypt:

Thursday, February 03, 2011

Obama's Schedule Feb. 4, 2011

All times are eastern:
9:30 AM
Obama and Biden receive the presidential daily briefing.

10:00 AM
Obama meets with senior advisers.

1:30 PM
Gibbs briefs the press; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Austan Goolsbee and Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling also attend to discuss the innovation report. LIVE STREAM

2:10 PM
Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada.

2:30 PM
Obama holds an expanded bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Harper.

3:10 PM
Obama and Prime Minister Harper hold a joint press conference. LIVE STREAM

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Gibbs Gives Update on Egypt

Meanwhile, MSNBC gleefully brings to you mayhem for your entertainment at its live riot feed:

Monday, January 31, 2011

White House Press Briefing Jan. 31

Robert Gibbs answers the same question, rephrased, over and over again. His answer: It's not up to the U.S. to decide who's going to lead Egypt.

Gibbs: U.S. Doesn't Determine Who's on Egypt's Ballot

There are a lot of people siding with the Egyptian people without even knowing the Egyptian people or what they want in their leaders. There are a lot of people who say the U.S. should call for Mubarak's resignation. In other words, there is a lot of noise out there, a lot of people with opinions that have no knowledge of Egypt or the Egyptian people. It's amateur hour. Our media seems to have been blindsided by the protests as well.
Saw this tweet by Marc Ambinder, which seems fitting: "Iraqify" = to impose a Western version of liberty on another country w/ little regard to the circumstances of the country.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

White House Press Briefing Jan. 27, 2011

Jay Carney to Replace Robert Gibbs as Press Secretary

Read Carney's profile here. Carney was once the D.C. bureau chief for Time magazine, when Time magazine mattered. He left time to work for VP Joe Biden. Now we'll see him giving the daily press briefings. From the Fix:
President Obama has chosen Jay Carney to serve as his new press secretary, replacing longtime loyalist Robert Gibbs who is leaving his post in mid February, according to a senior Administration official.

The White House will also name Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle and current White House director of scheduling and Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco as deputy chiefs of staff.

Carney, who is currently communications director for Vice President Joe Biden, came to the White House in 2009 after a long career in journalism in which he served -- among other posts -- as Washington bureau chief of Time magazine. Read more at The Fix

Monday, January 24, 2011

White House Press Briefing Jan. 24 2011

Robert Gibbs starts off reading Obama's statement on the terror attack at the Moscow airport in Russia. Then the press corps tries to squeeze Gibbs for what Obama is going to say tomorrow night in his State of the Union address.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

White House Press Briefing Jan. 13

Obama will meet with Pakistan President Zardari tomorrow, Jan. 14
Obama will meet with China's President Hu Jintao Jan. 19

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

White House Press Briefing With Gibbs Announcement Jan. 5


First Question with Gibbs, who says he's going to take time off to recharge. Gibbs says @PressSec will continue on with the new press secretary who's expected to be Bill Burton, who tweets at @BillBurton44.