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Obama's professional spinmeister Robert Gibbs maintains that the campaign "learned from the Pentagon that the trip to Ramstein and Landstuhl will be viewed as a campaign stop". But First Read reports that the Pentagon says they never discouraged Obama's visit: Did the Pentagon discourage Obama from visiting Landstuhl? "No," says Pentagon spokesperson Bryan Whitman. Did the Pentagon tell Senator Obama...
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones and NBC's Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube ON PLANE EN ROUTE BERLIN TO PARIS -- In a briefing aboard the flight to Paris today, Robert Gibbs, a senior strategist for the Obama campaign, came to the back of the plane at least three separate times to explain to reporters that the decision to cancel the senator's trip to Ramstein and Landstuhl came after word from the Pentagon...
Today, we’ve seen four different explanations as to why Obama’s plans to visit US troops in Germany were nixed: Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs “said the stop was canceled because Obama decided ‘it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign.’” ( AP ) An Obama campaign adviser “said the U.S. military saw the visit as a campaign...
Decency: Barack Obama decides that it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to visit the US military bases in Rammstein and Landstuhl, Germany, as part of a campaign-funded trip as opposed to a CODEC mission: Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs told us in a statement, “During his trip as part of the CODEL to Afghanistan and Iraq, Senator [...]
After Der Spiegel reported that Barack Obama canceled a trip to visit injured American troops in Germany, campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs said it would have been inappropriate to go on a campaign-funded trip. Not surprisingly, the McCain campaign does not agree. “Barack Obama is wrong," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers. "It is never ‘inappropriate’ to visit our men and women in the military.”
Jake Tapper has a statement from Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs on why Obama canceled his meeting with U.S. troops: During his trip as part of the CODEL to Afghanistan and Iraq, Senator Obama visited the combat support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad and had a number of other visits with the troops. For the second part of his trip, the senator wanted to visit the men and women at Landstuhl Regional...
Senior Strategist Robert Gibbs released the following statement about Obama's meetings today: This morning, Senator Barack Obama had separate wide-ranging and productive discussions with Defense Minister and Labor Party Leader Ehud Barak; and Opposition Leader and Likud Party Chairman Benjamin...
Robert Gibbs emailed out the following note and pool report from yesterday to the press at 2:25 this morning: At approximately 3:15 AM Eastern/2:15 AM Central, I received a phone call telling me that Senator Obama had landed at the...
From Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs comes official word that the Democratic nominee-apparent has landed in Afghanistan: At approximately 3:15 AM Eastern/2:15 AM Central, I received a phone call telling me that Senator Obama had landed at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Since leaving Washington on Thursday, Senator Obama had stopped and visited troops in Kuwait. What follows is a pool report by the...
Barack Obama’s campaign’s going for John McCain’s jugular. Communications strategist Robert Gibbs sent out a press release yesterday highlighting the Republican presidential hopeful’s recent flip-flops, including that gay adoption “clarification.” The self-professed candidate of “straight talk” and “experience” spent today changing his position on gay adoption, adopting Senator Obama’s position that...
Here's a memo from newly titled "senior strategist for communications and message" Robert Gibbs painting McCain in the deep purple of confusion. The self-professed candidate of “straight talk” and “experience” spent today changing his position on gay adoption, adopting Senator Obama’s position that we need more troops in Afghanistan after having resisted taking that position, flip flopping on whether...
Today the Obama campaign decided to set their sights on this McCain campaign tactic of saying different things to different audiences. It came to a head on multiple fronts. Here's the first paragraph of Obama communications director Robert Gibbs' message to reporters: The self-professed candidate of "straight talk" and "experience" spent today changing his position on gay adoption, adopting Senator...
WASHINGTON--The Obama team made formal a series of changes and additions in its communications team--including the elevation of Obama communications czar Robert Gibbs to senior strategist. Gibbs has been with Obama since his 2004 general election U.S. Senate campaign. Anita...
A lot of staffing news coming out of Obama HQ today. Here is a list of the communications staff as reported by Hotline's On Call Blog: Robert Gibbs -- senior strategist for communications and message taking on a broader strategic portfolio for the Fall campaign while continuing to serve as senior communications aide travelling with Sen. Obama Anita Dunn -- senior advisor overseeing the campaign’s communications,...
Barack Obama 's campaign has finalized its communications team for the general election. Here's the line-up: Robert Gibbs -- senior strategist for communications and message taking on a broader strategic portfolio for the Fall campaign while continuing to serve as senior communications aide travelling with Sen. Obama Anita Dunn -- senior advisor overseeing the campaign’s communications, research and...
