4:48 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: I just have one real quick — some birthday color updates for everyone. The President received two phone calls, first from the First Lady and Sasha, who, as you know, are traveling, to wish him…
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See below for an answer to a question(marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. *To date we have billed BP and other responsible parties $222 million for response and cleanup activities. The next bill should…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Atlanta, Georgia 9:44 A.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Fire away. Q Tell us about the fundraising part of this. Who’s he fundraising for? MR. BURTON: It’s a DNC fundraiser. But on specific numbers and…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Detroit, Michigan 10:49 A.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: — a number of the decisions that the President will highlight today at both stops in Michigan. First, well, as you guys know and as we’ve talked…
2:30 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Before we do our regularly scheduled programming, we have with us today to give a little report and to take some questions from you, given the President’s upcoming trips to both Detroit and…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Newark, New Jersey 1:01 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Before we start, I just want to encourage you guys, once you get Internet access when we’re on the ground, to take a look at a…
2:10 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Take us away. Q Got nothing else in mind? You didn’t give me — you didn’t buy me the time there. MR. GIBBS: No opening statements. …
1:07 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Yes, sir. Q Thanks, Robert. Two questions, a few on WikiLeaks. What was the President’s reaction once he heard about the leaking — MR. GIBBS: Well, I remember talking…
See below for an answer to a question(marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up. * The largest components of the legislation that the President signed on November 6, 2009, the “Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance…
2:36 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Mr. Feller. Q Thanks, Robert. Can you tell us what the White House’s position is right now on Shirley Sherrod? Should she get her job back? MR. GIBBS: Well, let me —…
