White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to Step Down Next Month 2.06K John Cook 01/05/11 10:36AM Filed to: Flacks Flacks Robert Gibbs White House Barack Obama Politics Media Gettypic Tweetg Tweetv Fb Robert Gibbs, the nation's highest-paid kindergarten teacher, will resign in February, the New York Times reports. He says he'll continue to advise Obama and intends to get working on his 2012 re-election campaign.