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“I'm just the messenger.” No White House press secretary would ever utter this phrase, but the statement would be truly preposterous for Robert Gibbs. Having previously served as communications director for the man who would become the first African-American president, Gibbs long ago established himself as a messaging strategist par excellence. Of Gibbs, then-Senator Barack Obama was once quoted as saying in a Wall Street Journal story, “Robert is the guy I want in the foxhole with ...