Embattled Social Secretary Desiree Rogers stepped down on Friday, three months after state dinner party-crashers drew her competence into question.

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Social secretary Desiree Rogers bailed in early 2010 and eventually landed a gig as CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, publishers of Ebony and Jet magazines.

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Two black advisers, Valerie Jarrett and Desiree Rogers, argued that, on the contrary, having an educated, attractive African-American First Lady on the cover of Vogue could be a source of inspiration, and counteract a plenitude of negative images.

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