Editing Joe Lockhart (section)

==Clinton presidential campaign and the White House==
At a time when Lockhart was considering working for [[AOL]], [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]] recruited Lockhart back into politics, and he joined the [[1996 United States presidential election|1996 Clinton re-election campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The new face of Facebook: Lockhart |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/the-new-face-of-facebook-lockhart-057082 |website=Politico}}</ref> He served as the campaign spokesman and, following President Clinton's successful reelection, as Deputy Press Secretary to McCurry. After standing in for him on occasion to brief the press, Lockhart eventually succeeded McCurry and delivered his first briefing as Press Secretary in October 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=William J Clinton Press Briefing by Joe Lockhart|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=48403|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref>

Lockhart handled press relations during [[Impeachment of Bill Clinton|Clinton's impeachment]] and the [[2000 Camp David Summit]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-16 |title=the clinton years |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/lockhart.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mideast talks end with no agreement|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast.summit.01/index.html|website=cnn.com|access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref> Lockhart calls the pre-impeachment period in December 1998 the "most harrowing" weeks of his career.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-10-04 |title=Perspective {{!}} I worked in the White House during impeachment. Trump’s team isn’t ready for it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/10/03/i-worked-white-house-during-impeachment-batten-down-trump-team/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>