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Obamas 'angry' over state dinner gatecrash | US President Barack Obama and wife Michelle were left in fumes after learning that a fame-hungry couple had crashed their first state dinner in honour of Indian PM Manmohan Singh. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs revealed the couple were reeling over the security
breach by Tareq Salahi and his wife Michaele, who are auditioning for an upcoming
US reality TV show. "It's safe to say he was angry. Michelle was angry," the New
York Post quoted Gibbs as saying on MSNBC. The Salahis walked past the camera
crews and reporters like other high profilers attending the event on November
24. The couple shook hands with President Obama, posed for pictures with Vice-President
Joe Biden, and also met the First Couple in the receiving line. The Secret Service
confirmed that the department was "deeply concerned and embarrassed" after the
incident. Gibbs also told the network: "I think the president really had the same
reaction the Secret Service had, and that was great concern for how something
like this happened." The Salahis have denied being gatecrashers but Gibbs, on
the "Today Show," maintained there could be no room for misunderstanding. He added:
"This wasn't a misunderstanding. You don't show up at the White House as a misunderstanding." |
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