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Desiree Rogers readies State Dinner

From the Huffington Post:

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.

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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.

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“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.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stowers09/ stowers09

    Desirée Rogers is somewhat disturbing to me, she seems to go beyond her role of social secretary. You know the friend that always thinks they should get the lions share because they are your friends.
    Not doing your job while trying to show you have clout, is not a great idea! Miss Rogers wanted to be within the inner circle an boast of being there and The President could have been killed. Being the Bell of the Ball was her prime objective. All have stated according to White House Protocol the Social Secretary may be around the event but does not participate in the event no sitting for dinner and no invite, she is only there in her role, and that is not a guest!!!
    Now , I am being catty, the dress she wore was HORRIBLE and ill fitting. Michelle Obama was Beautiful dress and all. Do you think Desiree is trying to get to close to the President and forgot her place??? ( another mistress in waiting)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KingZkwan/ KingZkwan

    What idiots some people are to blame Desiree Rogers for what these two criminal tresspassers did. The two whites are media sensations now while this Black woman working her job gets the blame. She’s the part host her job is to fratenized with the guests to see if they are enjoying the affair not waiting all damm night at the door like some security guard. Desiree did nothing more than what other hosts or social secretaries do which is walk the floor and make sure all the arrangements are meet. These two white tresspassers crashed the black caucus party and was shown the door after it was shown they wasn’t invited. Now they get the sympathy card while people’s jobs are at stake. They get pass security because they fit the profile of rich and white. While even Black government officials are thoroughly checked at the white house and they have invitations. Why do Blacks get unfair treatment?

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