Read more press secretary stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31227/press-secretary.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:57:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69404/carter-confidant-press-secretary-powell-dead-at-65.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer White House press secretary Jody Powell, a longtime aide who helped engineer Jimmy Carter's run to the White House, died today after apparently suffering a heart attack at his Maryland home, the Washington Post reports. He was 65. A member of the "Georgia Mafia" that stormed the capital after...http://www.newser.com/story/69404/carter-confidant-press-secretary-powell-dead-at-65.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 18:23:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64978/bush-press-flak-fleischer-now-coaches-jocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Bush’s onetime press secretary has embraced another passion: sports, the Washington Post reports. Helping athletes from the NFL, Major League Baseball, and elsewhere deal with the media blitz was an easy transition, Ari Fleischer says: “The only two institutions in our society that have their events covered live and...http://www.newser.com/story/64978/bush-press-flak-fleischer-now-coaches-jocks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 9:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60494/sotomayors-word-choice-was-poor-gibbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRobert Gibbs said today Sonia Sotomayor regrets the way she phrased 2001 comments that have some Republicans calling the Supreme Court nominee a racist, the Hill reports. “I think she'd say that her word choice was poor,” the White House press secretary said. He suggested that Sotomayor was not trying...http://www.newser.com/story/60494/sotomayors-word-choice-was-poor-gibbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 17:02:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51393/gibbs-has-the-ear-of-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPress Secretary Robert Gibbs may be best known these days for deflecting harsh questions in the briefing room, but his advisory role in the administration goes much deeper than that, writes Michael Scherer in Time . “There isn't a single decision that the president has formed in the course of his...http://www.newser.com/story/51393/gibbs-has-the-ear-of-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 12:33:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48792/journos-already-chafed-over-wh-access.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDay 4, and already the White House and the press are squabbling? Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ maiden briefing included outbursts from reporters angry over what they saw as opaque behavior, Politico reports. The top complaint: Only four reporters, and no non-White House cameras, were allowed at President Obama’s retaking of...http://www.newser.com/story/48792/journos-already-chafed-over-wh-access.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 9:29:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48712/first-white-house-briefing-addresses-gitmo-oath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs met his audience for the first time, covering everything from President Obama’s oaths to the economy to torture, the Chicago Tribune reports. Gibbs faced questions about the administration’s hiring of a lobbyist, against previously stated rules—“Any standard is not perfect”—and whether Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/48712/first-white-house-briefing-addresses-gitmo-oath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 14:20:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45487/perino-back-with-shiner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhite House Press Secretary Dana Perino took a hit for her boss during the Iraq shoe fiasco, Gawker reports. The unsung victim came home with collateral damage—a black eye she's dubbed her "shoe-venir." Perino was hit by a microphone pole sent flying by Bush's lead agent as he jumped...http://www.newser.com/story/45487/perino-back-with-shiner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Dec 2008 13:19:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43423/gibbs-will-meet-the-press.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama today named Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, the Washington Times reports. Gibbs, 37, worked for 2 years as an Obama spokesman on the campaign trail and was widely expected to take the job. Well-liked by reporters, Gibbs flared up at times on the campaign and is...http://www.newser.com/story/43423/gibbs-will-meet-the-press.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Nov 2008 16:56:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42433/meet-the-barack-whisperer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhite House press secretaries can be little more than “a flunky who gets handed a piece of paper with some talking points.” But Robert Gibbs, next in line for the job, has had an uncommonly close relationship with Barack Obama since his Illinois senate campaign, the Washington Post reports. Affable...http://www.newser.com/story/42433/meet-the-barack-whisperer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Nov 2008 9:51:00 CST