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White House Social Secretary Rogers to Step Down

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White House Social Secretary Rogers to Step Down

Desiree Rogers, who took the blame for a security breakdown at a state dinner last year, will resign as the White House social secretary next month, Fox News has confirmed.

Rogers came under fire for the White House gatecrashing incident in which a celebrity-seeking couple from northern Virginia got into the exclusive Nov. 24 affair on the South Lawn without a formal invitation, despite heavy White House security.

Rogers later acknowledged not having staff from her office at security checkpoints to help identify guests. Lawmakers had demanded that she testify to Congress about her handling of the event. The White House would not allow it.

Rogers arrived in Washington with more of a splash than any White House social secretary before her with an Harvard MBA, years of corporate experience, and a friendship with the first family.

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Somali man linked to al Shabab

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The Somali man accused of attempting to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was held over a foiled terrorist plot in Kenya, a Danish newspaper has reported.

The 28-year-old was arrested over a planned attack on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Africa last summer.

The newspaper Politiken reported that he and four other suspects were held over a plot against a bus station and two hotels in Nairobi. blog it

On High Alert in Korea

South Korean troops increase readiness after naval skirmish with North Korea

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South Korea warned it was ready to deter any retaliation by North Korea following the two countries' first naval clash in seven years, reportedly deploying two warships to the disputed sea border Wednesday.

The skirmish will not deter Washington from sending an envoy to North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said, vowing to continue efforts to resolve long-standing disputes over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

Palestinian Leadership angers as Secretary of State praises “Unprecedented Restraint on the Policy of Settlements”

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The Palestinian leadership accused the US of caving in over Israeli
settlements after Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, praised Israel
for making concessions.


Having failed to force Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, to meet
US demands for a total settlement freeze, Mrs Clinton switched tack during a
one-day visit to Jerusalem when she called on both sides to resume peace
talks.


“What the Prime Minister has offered in specifics of a restraint on the policy
of settlements . . . is unprecedented,” Mrs Clinton said.