A farewell to Robert Gibbs (19 images)

White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod and Communications Director Robert Gibbs are all smiles as they wait for U.S. President Barack Obama to arrive and sign the Health Insurance Reform Bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2010. The historic $938 million health care bill will guaranteed coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans and will touch nearly every American's life. UPI/Pat Benic

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco laughs as Press Secretary Robert Gibbs does what he called "my Vanna White impression" as they discuss BP's efforts to seal up the Deepwater Horizon oil well during a briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on August 4, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Anne Daniels watch as U.S. President Barack Obama departs from the South Lawn of the White House en route to Camp David on August 21, 2009. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) cheers alongside Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs as they watch the Washington Nationals take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park in Washington on April 5, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch