White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers will not talk to a Congressional committee investigating the security breach when a Virginia couple crashed a State Dinner last month, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.
"Separation of powers," Gibbs said. "Staff here don't go to testify" before Congress.
Gibbs brushed aside questions about whether Rogers bore some of the blame because she didn't have a staffer at the gate when the couple insisted they had been invited and were waved though by the Secret Service.
"The first family is quite pleased with her performance," Gibbs said.
He added that the White House on Tuesday changed its policy, returning to the Bush-era poliocy of having an aide from the Social Sectetary's office at the gate to double check guests during every social function. The change was ordered by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Gibbs said.
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