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Robert L. Gibbs is an American political consultant and the current White House Press Secretary. Gibbs was the communications director for U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Gibbs, who has worked with Obama since 2004, was press secretary of John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign and has previously specialized in ... Full story

Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician who served as Governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2008. Palin was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska, city council from 1992 to 1996 and the city's ... Full story

Bill Maher is an American stand-up comedian, television host, social and political commentator, and author. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and later on ABC. Maher is number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 ... Full story

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is a former President of the United States. He served the full two terms as the 42nd President from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office. He became president at the end of ... Full story

Newt Gingrich is an American politician and author, who served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, Time magazine selected him as the Person of the Year for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of Democratic Party majorities ... Full story

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. ... Full story

Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961 is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first born in Hawaii, and the third from Illinois. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January ... Full story

John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election. John McCain's capture and subsequent imprisonment began on October 26, 1967. He was flying his 23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam when his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down by ... Full story

Arnold Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Terminator" movies. Arnold Schwarzenegger started as a bodybuider, then acting, now currently serving as the 38th Governor of the state of California. As a Republican, he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. ... Full story