White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L) speaks to the press aboard Air Force One after Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 summer olympic games over Chicago, October 2, 2009, as US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama fly back to Washington from Copenhagen after making a visit to IOC officials to promote Chicago's bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games today in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L) speaks to the press aboard Air Force One after Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 summer olympic games over Chicago, October 2, 2009, as US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama fly back to Washington from Copenhagen after making a visit to IOC officials to promote Chicago's bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games today in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.

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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. Obama in today's Daily Briefing thanked the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the American Medical Association (AMA) for their support of his effort to reform the health care system.
  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. Gibbs was peppered with questions about Abdullah Abdullah's decision to pull out of the Afghan presidential runoff and what effect that decision has on the United States' relationship with current President Hamid Karzai.
  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. The Obamas are celebrating their first Halloween in the White House by inviting students and military families over for the holiday.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (R) walks into the James S. Brady Briefing room at the White House on September 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Gibbs spoke about U.S. President Barack Obama's up coming trip to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 17: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (C) speaks about a pilot program to reduce medical liability premiums with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during a news breifing at the White House September 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sebilius said President Barack Obama directed her to send $25 million to state and local liability reform projects.
  7. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 12: U.S. President Barack Obama's White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (2nd-R), Gibbs' five-year-old son Ethan (R), National Security Council Director of Strategic Communications Denis McDonough (2nd-L), and McDonough's daughter walk across the South Lawn of the White House to Marine One on September 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama is traveling to Minneapolis to speak at a health insurance reform rally.

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  1. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L) speaks to the press aboard Air Force One after Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 summer olympic games over Chicago, October 2, 2009, as US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama fly back to Washington from Copenhagen after making a visit to IOC officials to promote Chicago's bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games today in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
  2. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L) speaks to the press aboard Air Force One after Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 summer olympic games over Chicago, October 2, 2009, as US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama fly back to Washington from Copenhagen after making a visit to IOC officials to promote Chicago's bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games today in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 28: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (R) walks into the James S. Brady Briefing room at the White House on September 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Gibbs spoke about U.S. President Barack Obama's up coming trip to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
  4. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, center, talks with CNN's State of the Union John King, right, before an interview on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Washington.
  5. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, left, talks with CNN's State of the Union John King, before an interview on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Washington.
  6. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs holds up US President Barack Obama blocking a shot by presidential aide Reggie Love during a briefing October 8, 2009 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The photo is autographed by Love with a message, 'Mr President - Nice Block!'. Gibbs held up the photo in response to a question about why Obama's two basketballs games today, one with veterans and one with cabinet members and congressmen, was closed to press coverage.
  7. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  8. L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  9. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  10. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Congressional leadership and the chairs and ranking members of the relevant committees to discuss planning for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  12. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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