... been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes."The award took the Obama and his staff by surprise. Press secretary Robert Gibbs learned from reporters that Obama had won the 2009 prize, and telephoned the White House early Friday ...

... roughly $22 billion. While President Obama attended a G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, last week, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded questions about possible "disunity" between countries such as Brazil and China on the subject ...

... courts and in the courts of most states with capital punishment statutes. Traveling in France with Obama, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the president "has been clear that he hopes to work with Republicans and Democrats in Congress ...

... along since he moved into the White House. - Advertisement - Aides, again, followed the boss' lead. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he hadn't asked Obama about his smoking and made it clear that he didn't plan to. The presidential ...

... it irritated or angered, they would have the power and force and will of the people behind them. No one, not a press secretary, not a chief of staff, not a president can stop that. At that point, the cult of personality becomes a fact ...

... elaborate. The U.S. and its allies have not decided whether to contact and request inspection of the ship, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday. "That's a decision that will have to be made at some point, and not necessarily ...

... Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. But it appeared to swing over to an outright endorsement of Mousavi, though White House press secretary Robert Gibbs denied it was meant that way. Obama also said for the first time that his offer to loosen the decades ...

... in official events with the president and first lady, then they're part of the first family," said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. "But when the children are alone, or when the president and first lady are in their roles strictly ...

... exactly as Obama's plane touched down in Riyadh. "Americans have seen these types of threats before," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in response. "This is much more an effort to try to upstage." Aides spared no effort to ensure ...

... near the Korean Peninsula to provide more capability to shoot down hostile missiles. Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, said Saturday that the United States is not moving toward military action against North Korea. "That's not the ...