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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 ...
Salahis Fail to Show at Hearing
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 3) -- This time, Tareq and Michaele Salahi really had an invitation. The White House gatecrashers had been summoned to appear before the House Homeland Security Committee to explain how they got past the U.S. Secret Service last week at a state dinner for the Indian prime minister. A nameplate reading "Mrs. Salahi" sat to one side of the witness table. Huge blowups of their grip-and-grins with Vice President Joe Biden and others were on display. Dozens of paparazzi jostled in a hallway of the Cannon House Office Building to await their arrival. Alex Ogle, AFP / Getty ...
Desiree Rogers Will Skip Hearing; New White House Social Guidelines
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Salahis Insist They Did Not Crash Obama State Dinner
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySpeaking out for the first time, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the reality-TV-show aspirants who gained entry to a White House dinner without an invitation, appeared on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday morning to insist they did nothing wrong. The couple wore black clothing and looked somber during their interview with Matt Lauer, but did not produce evidence that they were invited to last week's state dinner, though they said they had "documentation" they would provide to the "Today" show very soon, in a second appearance in New York. Click play below to watch video of the interview: Lauer did not ask ...
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