WASHINGTON (AP) — The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important personal victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry. Obama will be the first sitting president to use e-mail, and he has been reluctant to part with his ever-present handheld device. Its use will be limited to keeping in touch with senior staff and personal friends, said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.——Contact the Daily Reveille’s news writers at [email protected]
Obama’s personal win: keeping the BlackBerry
January 22, 2009