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The comedy hour with Robert Gibbs

I GET e-mailed Robert Gibbs's press briefing every day, and I've been meaning to blog this for a while: does anyone else notice that the president's media briefer wants to be the comedian-in-chief? Full Article at Economist

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  1. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05:   White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a statement in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 02:  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs pushes up his glasses during the daily press briefing at the White House November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 31:   Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dressed as Darth Vader and son Ethan dressed as Boba Fett in the east room greets parents, trick-or-treaters and local school children at the White House during a Halloween celebration on October 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. The seat of President Barack Obama at the Nobel Banquet is seen in Olso December 10, 2009. Obama accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace earlier in the day.
  6. OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10:  President Barack Obama's motorcade during his visit to collect his Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2009 in Oslo, Norway. Obama was awarded the Nobel prize in October in recognition of his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples.
  7. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 10:  U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) salutes a soldier as he arrives in the Green Zone December 10, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq.

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