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White House Taps Gay Man, Jeremy Bernard, for New Social Secretary
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe new White House social secretary is Jeremy Bernard -- the first man and first openly gay person -- tapped for the job. He will replace Julianna Smoot, who is leaving to become the deputy manager of President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. Smoot's departure has been known for weeks; she stayed around for the big National Governors Association dinner on Sunday. Bernard, 49, is the Obama administration's third social secretary. Smoot -- who was finance director of the Obama 2008 presidential campaign -- was the second. The first social secretary was Desiree Rogers, who was also the first ...
'O: A Presidential Novel' by Anonymous: Credit Where Credit is Due
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyAs my colleague Jill Lawrence reports, a book titled "O: A Presidential Novel" has recently been released by Simon & Schuster and, though reviews so far are tepid, the undisclosed identity of the novelist has captured the short attention span of the political press. Appealing to the clubby insider sensibility of National Press Club members, the publisher, Jonathan Karp, kicked off a sly inside-the-Beltway guessing game by suggesting "it would be great" if possible suspects "refrained from commenting" on their non-authorship, in "solidarity with the principle that a book should be judged on ...
Bill Clinton, Andy Samberg Hit Chicago to Back Rahm Emanuel for Mayor
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyChicago mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel gains fundraising help this week from former President Bill Clinton and Andy Samberg, who portrayed Emanuel as a foul-mouthed White House chief of staff in skits on "Saturday Night Live." Meanwhile, the four major rivals in the Feb. 22 Chicago mayoral primary -- Emanuel, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.), attorney Gery Chico and City Clerk Miguel Del Valle -- squared off Monday during a televised forum where students asked the questions and three of the contenders talked about being bullied as youths. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Del Valle ...
Desiree Rogers, Former White House Official, Heads Johnson Publishing
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFormer White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers is the new CEO of Johnson Publishing Co., the Chicago-based parent of Ebony and Jet magazines and Fashion Fair Cosmetics. Rogers had been consulting with the company since June and joins longtime friend Linda Johnson Rice at the helm of nation's largest African-American-owned publishing company. "I am thrilled to work with these iconic brands as we take them to the next level. I have admired Johnson Publishing and the family most of my life. . . . It is still hard for me to believe that I am fortunate to be leading this team alongside my ...
Desiree Rogers Hosts Lunch for New Social Secretary Julianna Smoot
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe White House social secretary, Julianna Smoot, was initiated into an exclusive sisterhood on Saturday, when Desiree Rogers, former White House social secretary, held a lunch for her in Washington with four other women who have had the job. The lunch wrapped up Smoot's biggest week yet: She helmed a glittery Obama state dinner last Wednesday where President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, honored President Felipe Calderón of Mexico and his wife, Margarita Zavala. The welcome lunch where the new social secretary gets feted by her predecessors has become something of a grand tradition ...
Desiree Rogers To Step Down As White House Social Secretary
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyWhite House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will step down next month and be replaced by Julianna Smoot, the chief fundraiser for the Obama presidential campaign, I've learned. I talked with Rogers exclusively on Friday about her departure from the White House. Close to President Obama and First Lady Michelle, she was one of the first appointees of the Obama administration. She leaves after presiding over 330 events in the White House and carrying out the Obamas' vision of creating more inclusive events that drew in people who would not otherwise be invited to the White House. She came under ...
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers Resigning
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 26) - White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will step down next month and be replaced by Julianna Smoot, the chief fundraiser for the Obama presidential campaign, I've learned. I talked with Rogers exclusively on Friday about her departure from the White House. Close to President Obama and First Lady Michelle, she was one of the first appointees of the Obama administration. She leaves after presiding over 330 events in the White House and carrying out the Obamas' vision of creating more inclusive events that drew in people who would not otherwise be invited to the White House. ...
Secret Service Reveals a Third Crasher at White House State Dinner
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe Secret Service admitted on Monday there was a third crasher at the Nov. 24 state dinner that President Obama and First Lady Michelle hosted for the Prime Minister of India. The agency issued a statement, Politics Daily has learned, because Newsmax.com posted a story on the Secret Service internal investigation that led to the discovery of another intruder at the party. ...
In Defense of Desiree Rogers
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyOn Nov. 24, 2008, Desiree Rogers was tapped by then President-elect Barack Obama to be the new White House Social Secretary, working in an office of the East Wing overseen by First Lady Michelle Obama. The night before the announcement, Rogers and Mrs. Obama dined privately at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, where they worked out the final details of the position that would transplant Rogers -- a fixture in Chicago's business, social, and political circles -- into the highest profile job of her life. ...
Will Desiree Rogers be Served on a Platter?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyFor the first week of Gategate, the media feeding frenzy was over the blonde in a sari. The uninvited guest's reality-housewife-centric aspects were too high wattage to ignore. But the tacky Bravo storyline quickly became predictable – House oversight hearing, of course; "Today Show" booking to follow Larry King snub, check; reluctant witness threatened with subpoena, bingo -- ho hum. In a new overheated news cycle, the press and readers released the tiger tail of that tale in favor of another. (Before we're done with Missy Michaele Holt completely, however, I want to thank Washington ...
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