Editing Joe Lockhart

{{Short description|American spokesperson and consultant}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Joe Lockhart
| image               = Joe Lockhart Headshot.jpg
| caption             = Lockhart in 2009
| office              = 21st [[White House Press Secretary]]
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start          = August 4, 1998
| term_end            = September 29, 2000
| predecessor         = [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]]
| deputy              = Jake Siewert
| successor           = [[Jake Siewert]]
| birth_name          = Joseph Patrick Lockhart
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1959|7|13}}
| birth_place         = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education           = [[Georgetown University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
}}
'''Joseph Patrick Lockhart''' (born July 13, 1959) is an American spokesman and communications consultant who served as the 21st [[White House press secretary]] during the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]]. Previously, he had worked as press secretary for several [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politicians, including [[Walter Mondale]], [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]], and [[Michael Dukakis]]. Following his work as press secretary in the Clinton administration, he was an advisor to [[John Kerry]] during his [[John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign|2004 presidential campaign]]. He subsequently founded and became managing director of the communications consulting firm [[The Glover Park Group]], worked for [[Facebook]] from 2011 to 2012, and was executive vice president of communications and public affairs for the [[National Football League|NFL]] from 2016 to 2018.<ref name="politico2011">{{cite web | title=The new face of Facebook: Lockhart | date=June 15, 2011 | url=http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=38254D5C-55AF-4FCA-B9D3-5CE9B751AFF7 | author=Michelle Quinn | publisher=Politico | access-date=2011-06-16 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620204912/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=38254D5C-55AF-4FCA-B9D3-5CE9B751AFF7 | archive-date=June 20, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="GPG">{{cite web |url=http://gloverparkgroup.com/our-team/joe-lockhart/ |title=Joe Lockhart - Founding Partner and Managing Director| website=The Glover Park Group|date=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209210534/http://gloverparkgroup.com/our-team/joe-lockhart/ |archive-date=9 February 2010|access-date=5 March 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="wapo_01182018">{{cite news|last1=Maske|first1=Mark|title=Joe Lockhart leaving NFL as chief spokesman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/01/18/joe-lockhart-leaving-nfl-as-chief-spokesman/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Born in [[The Bronx]], Lockhart is the son of Ann Teahan and Raymond Lockhart, a longtime NBC producer associated with ''[[The Huntley–Brinkley Report]]'' and special-events coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/05/us/speaking-for-the-president-with-knowing-humor.html|title=Speaking for the President, With Knowing Humor|first=Melinda|last=Henneberger|work=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1998|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name="hard lesson">{{cite web |last1=Stout |first1=David |date=July 24, 1998 |title=New spokesman heeds hard lesson from 1988 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/24/us/new-spokesman-heeds-hard-lesson-from-1988.html |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=New York Times |quote=Joseph Patrick Lockhart was born July 13, 1959, in the Bronx and grew up in Suffern, N.Y.}}</ref> He grew up in [[Suffern, New York]]. In 1978, he moved to Washington D.C. to attend Georgetown University, where he received a BA in History. In 1980, he worked on [[Jimmy Carter]]'s presidential reelection campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Lockhart, vice chairman of public affairs at Edelman and former Clinton WH press secretary|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/13/birthday-of-the-day-joe-lockhart-718459|website=politico.com|date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=2022-10-19}}</ref><ref name="Kurtz">{{cite news |author1=Kurtz, Howard |date=9 September 1998 |title=Joe Lockhart's Insider Job |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lockhart090998.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

He was [[press secretary]] for the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential campaign]] of [[Walter Mondale]], then worked for [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]] in the Senate. Stints with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CNN]] followed, then the presidential campaign of [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988. He moved to Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery with [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]], then back to ABC when they hired his (former) wife and colleague from the Mondale campaign, Laura Logan.<ref name="Kurtz" /><ref>{{cite web |date=June 15, 2011 |title=The new face of Facebook: Lockhart |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/06/the-new-face-of-facebook-lockhart-057082 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=politico.com}}</ref>

Another stint with NBC covering the [[Romanian Revolution]] in 1989 preceded his first on-air job with [[Sky News]], reporting on the [[Gulf War]] and then business. Private practice with Robinson, Lake followed, where he handled publicity for the [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan|Al Nahayan]] family during parts of the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] scandal.<ref name="Kurtz" />

==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>

==After the White House==
Lockhart was brought on to the John Kerry presidential campaign as a senior advisor in September 2004.<ref>{{cite news|last=Leibovich|first=Mark|title=New Strategists Join Kerry Campaign|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wZkyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5296,4798513&dq=lockhart+join+john+kerry+campaign&hl=en|access-date=March 5, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 17, 2004}}</ref>

On September 8, 2004, CBS News aired a [[George W. Bush military service controversy|controversial report on presidential candidate George W. Bush's military record]]. The authenticity of the [[Killian documents controversy|Killian documents]] used in that report remain under scrutiny.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-22 |title=Years after CBS scandal, answers to Bush questions elusive |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-movies-domestic-news-domestic-news-arts-and-entertainment-e04cf6da2cea421bbe768a4d64f2faba |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Over the next few days, it was discovered that Joseph Lockhart, then senior advisor to presidential candidate John Kerry, had made a phone call to Texas National Guard officer, [[Bill Burkett]] on September 4, 2004.<ref name="usatoday1">{{cite web| url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-20-cbs-documents_x.htm|title=CBS arranged for meeting with Lockhart|last=Johnson|first=Kevin|author2=Moniz, Dave |author3=Drinkard, Jim | date= 2004-09-20|work=USA Today|access-date=2009-08-21}}</ref><ref name="usatoday2">{{cite web |url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-21-cbs-parties_x.htm|title=Parties lob accusations over suspect papers|last1=Kasindorf|first1=Martin|last2=Benedetto| first2= Richard |author-link2 = Richard Benedetto |date= 2004-09-21|work=USA Today|access-date=2009-08-21}}</ref> Lockhart stated later that an unnamed female CBS producer asked him to contact Burkett.<ref name="usatoday1" /><ref name="usatoday2" /> Lockhart has denied that the call with Burkett had anything to do with the National Guard issue.<ref name="usatoday2" />

Lockhart co-founded the consulting firm [[The Glover Park Group]], becoming its Managing Director.<ref name="GPG" /> In June 2011, he joined [[Facebook]] as the head of the company's corporate, policy, and international communications team. Not wanting to relocate to the company's headquarters in [[Menlo Park, California]], he left the company in October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=politico|date=October 5, 2012|first=Anna|last=Palmer|title=A Clintonite's breakup with Facebook|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2012/10/a-clintonites-breakup-with-facebook-082092}}</ref>

On February 15, 2016, Lockhart was introduced as the new executive vice president of communications and top public relations official for the [[National Football League]]; he left the job after the [[Super Bowl LII|2018 Super Bowl]] to spend time with his family.<ref>Banks, Don [https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/03/21/joe-lockhart-nfl-communications-public-relations New NFL PR czar Joe Lockhart talks Manning, CTE, Trump and more] ''Sports Illustrated''. March 22, 2016</ref><ref name="wapo_01182018" />

==Personal life==
Lockhart was previously married to Laura Logan, Deputy Press Secretary for [[John Glenn]]'s 1984 presidential run and a longtime ABC News producer.<ref name="Kurtz" /> In 2013, Lockhart married [[Giovanna Gray Lockhart|Giovanna Gray]].<ref name=wedding>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/fashion/weddings/when-the-timing-is-right.html?_r=0|title=When the Timing Is Right|last= Laskey|first=Margaux| date= 2012-12-29|work=New York Times|access-date=2015-08-21}}</ref> They divorced in 2022. 

In 2016, it was announced that [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] and his family planned to rent Lockhart's [[Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District|Kalorama]] home after he left office. It was later revealed that the Obamas purchased the house from Lockhart in May 2017, saying that it made sense to own the property since they would remain in Washington D.C. for at least two more years.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Obamas just bought their rental home in Washington|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/05/31/the-obamas-are-buying-their-rental-home-in-washington/|author=Krissah Thompson, Kathy Orton, and Emily Heil|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090612101756/http://gloverparkgroup.com/content/team/team_lockhart.shtml Joe Lockhart – The Glover Park Group]
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051202001532/http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/100598-press-briefing-by-joe-lockhart.htm First press briefing by Joe Lockhart]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050430100120/http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/092900-press-briefing-by-joe-lockhart.htm Last press briefing by Joe Lockhart]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6109052.stm BBC HARDtalk interview, October 6, 2006]
* [https://themoth.org/storytellers/joe-lockhart Stories told by Joe Lockhart at] [[The Moth]]
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