article_snippet.sent: Austin Bird  interned with President Obama's 2012 presidential re-election campaign, and was tapped to chauffeur Vice President Joe Biden in October 2014 when Austin Bird  visited Davenport. '
article_snippet.sent: What happened is, we were just asked to be there by Troy,' Austin Bird  said Wednesday in a phone interview.
article_snippet.sent: It was supposed to be a strategy meeting,' Austin Bird  recalled, 'to get we thoughts about issues.
article_snippet.sent: Austin Bird  said 'we were called.' '
article_snippet.sent: A coworker at Genesis said Wednesday that Austin Bird  is 'basically a lobbyist in training.
article_snippet.sent: Austin Bird  disagreed, saying Hillary Clinton role was 'more public relations.'
article_snippet.sent: I was driving the Vice President when the Vice President was in town in October,' Bird noted in a Facebook comment.
highlights_snippet.sent: News reports called Austin Bird  
highlights_snippet.sent: Austin Bird  is a hospital government relations official who interned with Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign .
  