A White House official tells TPM that Michaele and Tareq Salahi, who were not invited to last week’s state dinner, managed to get some face time with President Obama.
The official said the couple met Obama in the receiving line at the dinner Tuesday.
White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the administration requested the Secret Service do a full review, and also praised agents for their work protecting the president:
“The men and women of the Secret Service put their lives on the line everyday to protect us, they are heroes and they have the full confidence of the President of United States. The White House asked the United States Secret Service to do a full review and they are doing that. The United States Secret Service said they made a mistake and they are taking action to identify exactly what happened and they will take the appropriate measures pending the results of their investigation.”
