1||January 5, 2011: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announces that he’ll step down from his post in February, ending his run as the President’s official spokesman. Gibbs has served alongside Obama since April 2004 — when he worked on the virtually unknown Democrat’s bid for the United States Senate — and says he plans to remain a close adviser to the President despite his departure from the White House.
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