Robert Gibbs

1:35 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Let’s just go through a — I’ll let Chip get seated here and then we’ll — you’re good — just go through a quick week ahead, obviously somewhat truncated and abbreviated because of the holiday. Tomorrow the President and the First Lady, as you know, will welcome Prime Minister Singh of India and his wife to the White House for the first official visit.  The arrival ceremony is at approximately 9:15 a.m. on the South Lawn.  The President and Prime Minister Singh will then meet in the Oval Office.  Following the meeting, they will hold a joint news conference ... Read Full Story

10:08 A.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  I will do two quick announcements before we get to one other topic.  Normally we do — as you all know, at the end of the last Friday of every month we have been doing the  look-back WAVES requests, before starting the policy at the beginning of the year.  So that would normally have been the Friday after Thanksgiving.  We instead will, the next couple hours, release the October requests for pre-September 15th WAVES information.  So that will come over the threshold in a couple of hours, so nobody was stuck having to do this on Friday. Q    How ... Read Full Story

“The President is gratified that the Senate has acted to begin consideration of health insurance reform legislation. Tonight’s  historic vote brings us one step closer to ending insurance company abuses, reining in spiraling health care costs, providing stability and security to those with health insurance, and extending quality health coverage to those who lack it. The President looks forward to a thorough and productive debate.” Submit this to Script & Style Share this on Blinklist Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share ... Read Full Story

The White House is standing behind Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's blunt suggestion that Pakistani officials know where top terrorists are hiding. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that Clinton's public comments echoed what U.S. officials tell the Pakistanis in private. He said they do not undermine Pakistani anti-terror cooperation. Said Gibbs: "I think those remarks were completely appropriate." While traveling in Pakistan on Thursday, Clinton suggested some Pakistani officials knew where al-Qaida's upper echelon has been hiding within their country and have done little to target them. She slightly revised the remarks Friday, saying she doesn't think the government is ... Read Full Story

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release                                                                                               November 3, 2009   PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS James S. Brady Press Briefing Room   12:45 P.M. EST Q    Do you know who the President is rooting for in the World Series yet? MR. GIBBS:  I emailed this to Basinet, who asked at the conclusion of last Friday’s briefing – Q    I was the one who asked this question — for the record. MR. GIBBS:  I’m sorry.  He emailed me, because I guess – Q    Because you evaded the question. MR. GIBBS:  Well, I didn’t know the answer.  It drew ... Read Full Story