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Is? what areas? >> let me say, obviously we're going to watch the event as you and many others will in the days and months ahead and i can say that the important relationships that we have at different levels in our government with their government, i think the president was assured will continue and particularly the one you mention. >> thank you, robert. can you talk to us about the role the vice president played? i know there was a strongly worded letter to his counterpart, suleiman. can you describe it. >> the vice president has, we talked about it here, he had a counterpart to counterpart

We have seen the process led by somebody that works for, a couple of days ago i said one of the largest companies in silicone valley. so i think this is, what you have seen is the breadth of cause and concern that had to have been addressed and needed to be addressed by the government and today was the first step in that process. >> thank you, robert, congratulations. i hope it was as go for you as it was for us. you said obviously there will be bumps in the road and what will the be the role of the president, the vice president, and secretary of state publicly over the next weeks and months? ...

Exercise the very same right of peaceful assembly and ability to demonstrate and communicate their desires. i think we have all seen, again, their response, the head of the revolutionary guard said today, we will severely crush any of their movement. so, i think what you have seen in the region is the government of iran quite frankly squared of the will of its people. thank you, robert. good luck and i hope to see you later. i have checked over the questions that you said you would get back to us and didn't get back to us starting from january in 2009. >> we will have a transcript of

Gibbs' departure is not the biggest one today. having said that, i thought i should comment, come into the briefing room to say a few words about my departing press secretary. as some of you know, robert started very early with me on this wild ride that i've been on and i had run for the united states senate. i was not expected to win. when i won the democratic primary in illinois, i realized i was going to have to start staffing up at the time i only had six or seven people working for me, and i still didn't have a lot of money so all i could afford was gibbs.

Here, today i wanted this on the record, on cameras, that, finally, i am returning robert's tie. and if he chooses to break the glass he can. but, this is going to be a reminder to me that robert has not only been an extraordinary press secretary but he has been a great friend and you could not ask for somebody better in the fox home with you during all the twists and turns of my candidacy and, then, the incredible challenges we faced over the last two years. so, i'm so proud of him and even here loves robert and he's going to be working closely with us. i don't think we could have a better pr...