White House social secretary to step down

Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, plans to step down, the Obama administration announced Friday.  Her office came under scrutiny after a couple who lacked an invitation were allowed into President Obama's first state dinner. 


"We are enormously grateful to Desiree Rogers for the terrific job she's done as the White House social secretary," the president and first lady said in a statement released Friday. In an interview on Friday, Rogers said she was leaving voluntarily and that her decision was unrelated to the fallout over the security breach.  Read more here.