Deputy Gov. Nix leaving Blagojevich administration
Deputy Gov. Sheila Nix is leaving the Blagojevich administration after almost four years on the job.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, one of President Barack Obama's top advisers, is resigning to become an outside political adviser for Obama's re-election campaign as part of a major staff shake-up Gibbs, 39, a fierce loyalist and defender of the president during near-daily White House news briefings, will leave in early February, aides said.