White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers Resigns
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Re: White House Social Secretary Desiree Rodgers Resigns
she give a reason?
she give a reason?
Re: White House Social Secretary Desiree Rodgers Resigns
I'm awaiting the official statement. Just got pinged on my blackberry
I'm awaiting the official statement. Just got pinged on my blackberry
man, u got a link or source? if this is true, u don't quit that type of job.....tha fuk she do? 
i know it ain't over that white couple crashing tha white house party a few months ago
i know it ain't over that white couple crashing tha white house party a few months ago
Re: White House Social Secretary Desiree Rodgers Resigns
Wasn't she the one they wanted fired for the White House gate crashers incident?
Jan-20-2009 - February-26-2010
Wasn't she the one they wanted fired for the White House gate crashers incident?
man, u got a link or source? if this is true, u don't quit that type of job.....tha fuk she do?
i know it ain't over that white couple crashing tha white house party a few months ago
Yes. She was the one everyone was calling for to step down.
I don't know what her reason was. I'm waiting for more info but I just go pinged from someone I know who works down on Cap Hill with the text.
Well good luck to her in her future endeavours.
However if it is over the party crashers incident, then that is ridiculous. If she left of her own volition over some sense of responsibility for that incident its misguided.
If she was forced out thats some total bs
However if it is over the party crashers incident, then that is ridiculous. If she left of her own volition over some sense of responsibility for that incident its misguided.
If she was forced out thats some total bs
So she could have been directly or indirectly responsible for the white house being breached and you think its ridiculous that she lost her job because of it?
I have never seen any evidence to suggest that she was in any way responsible for it.
dayum, it's just been confirmed 
link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_white_house_desiree_rogers
and whoever the source is that pinged you keeps you on point cause he/she beat the national newz media
link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_white_house_desiree_rogers
and whoever the source is that pinged you keeps you on point cause he/she beat the national newz media
Who are you?
In the scheme of things nobody I suppose.
My point is that there has been no evidence of negligence on her part that has come to light as of yet.
So if she was forced out because of bad press over the incident , it is silly in my opinion
Ok. Wasnt sure if you or someone you knew was close to the situation or had inside info. Im sure theres info the public wont be privy to. If she was in any way responsible for the breach then her ass needs to be canned.
Why wouldn't she be responsible?? She was in charge.
Secret Service might have have something to do with this?
They're not very tolerant of any mistakes... perceived or real. Perhaps they pushed for/demanded this, and the compromise was that she quietly step down after the spotlight was off of the situation.
The Secret Service has nothing to do with hiring or firing White House staff, who have been appointed by the president.
The Secret Service has nothing to do with hiring or firing White House staff, who have been appointed by the president.
But they are the final say in White House security, not the social secretary.
She's cute and she's not broke. Hope she joins the social whirl in D.C. before heading to Aspen or Chi...
Nah, I don't think she wants to be a Washingtonian. She'll probably bolt back to Chicago. Probably go back to Private business.
It's not as if she's hurting for cash. She got PAID in that divorce settlement for simp.
Secret Service might have have something to do with this?
They're not very tolerant of any mistakes... perceived or real. Perhaps they pushed for/demanded this, and the compromise was that she quietly step down after the spotlight was off of the situation.
Possibly. Ultimately it was SS duty to ensure security and screen all guests though.
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers came under attack after a Virginia couple crashed President Obama's first state dinner, but her friends and colleagues are fighting back.
People close to Rogers strongly dispute the emerging caricature of her as a spotlight-seeking diva who invited herself to the dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and skirted her responsibilities while she was there.
A source with knowledge of the evening's events tells the Huffington Post that, other than about five minutes "to pick at her salad," Rogers spent the entire evening coordinating and working the event. She was spotted and photographed in the rope line preceding the dinner, but the source said that was only after completing frantic, last-second planning for the high-profile affair.
Prepping all day on Tuesday, she changed into her outfit just 30 minutes before the state dinner started, the source added. And she was "shadowing" the president and first lady at a separate private reception for roughly 20 people shortly after arriving.
"What are the odds she was going to be lackadaisical at the biggest moment of her life?" the source asked. "Zero. That's why these stories don't make any sense. Her reputation is at stake."
The source spoke in defense of Rogers because the social secretary had been told not to speak to the press. "I think the way it is being characterize and the way it is coming off that she is too big a personality for the White House, it just doesn't make sense," the source said.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was peppered with questions about Rogers's performance and capacity for the job. One questioner asked whether there was concern within the administration that Rogers was too high-profile for the post. "What about the issues of her being in fashion spreads early on in the administration? Did you put the brakes on that?" Gibbs dismissed those questions.
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Still, questions over how the Virginia couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, skirted security and reached the president unimpeded persist. And while Rogers may have been an active presence at the dinner, members of the press and lawmakers on the Hill are demanding more information about the role her office played in helping enforce security that evening.
Rogers has declined to testify before Congress about her role in planning the event and staffing officials at security locations. Gibbs cited the separation of powers and a history of White House staff not testifying before Congress for that decision.
Appearing on ABC News on Thursday, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of Rogers, concluded that the White House had now "answered the questions fully."
The White House has, since the snafu, implemented a new policy that would require that a White House staffer be dispatched to each entrance during such high-profiled affairs.
People close to Rogers strongly dispute the emerging caricature of her as a spotlight-seeking diva who invited herself to the dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and skirted her responsibilities while she was there.
A source with knowledge of the evening's events tells the Huffington Post that, other than about five minutes "to pick at her salad," Rogers spent the entire evening coordinating and working the event. She was spotted and photographed in the rope line preceding the dinner, but the source said that was only after completing frantic, last-second planning for the high-profile affair.
Prepping all day on Tuesday, she changed into her outfit just 30 minutes before the state dinner started, the source added. And she was "shadowing" the president and first lady at a separate private reception for roughly 20 people shortly after arriving.
"What are the odds she was going to be lackadaisical at the biggest moment of her life?" the source asked. "Zero. That's why these stories don't make any sense. Her reputation is at stake."
The source spoke in defense of Rogers because the social secretary had been told not to speak to the press. "I think the way it is being characterize and the way it is coming off that she is too big a personality for the White House, it just doesn't make sense," the source said.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was peppered with questions about Rogers's performance and capacity for the job. One questioner asked whether there was concern within the administration that Rogers was too high-profile for the post. "What about the issues of her being in fashion spreads early on in the administration? Did you put the brakes on that?" Gibbs dismissed those questions.
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Still, questions over how the Virginia couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, skirted security and reached the president unimpeded persist. And while Rogers may have been an active presence at the dinner, members of the press and lawmakers on the Hill are demanding more information about the role her office played in helping enforce security that evening.
Rogers has declined to testify before Congress about her role in planning the event and staffing officials at security locations. Gibbs cited the separation of powers and a history of White House staff not testifying before Congress for that decision.
Appearing on ABC News on Thursday, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of Rogers, concluded that the White House had now "answered the questions fully."
The White House has, since the snafu, implemented a new policy that would require that a White House staffer be dispatched to each entrance during such high-profiled affairs.
What was said when the incident occurred was that a social secretary should be at the check-in table along with the secret service to make sure both the secret service guest list and the white house guest list match up but there was video of her walking the red carpet when she should have been working.
Hasn't it been about a third of a year since then, though?
True, but they probably cleaned house on their end too.
We don't know what other reckless acts this bitch has pulled. Airing out her fuck ups could be used as fuel for knuckle dragging Repugnicans.
That whole experience probably left a bad taste in her mouth and she decided that she didn't want to work and live under that kind of scrutiny. Not many people would.
When the shit was going down, the President wrapped the full powers of his office around her so I'm thinking she stepped down on her own.
When the shit was going down, the President wrapped the full powers of his office around her so I'm thinking she stepped down on her own.
