CONGRESS-SALAHIS 2

"Our goal is to try to get as much information about
what occurred at this state dinner as possible and how this
security breach happened. The White House should be the most
secure home in America and this breach brought a real
vulnerability to light," Thompson said in an interview to CNN.
Mark Sullivan, the head of the Secret Service, has
agreed to testify before the committee, he said. However,
Desiree Rogers, the White House Social Secretary, would not be
appearing before the Congressional Committee.
"We are working with and are ready to work with
anybody that has questions on that. I think you know that,
based on the separation of powers, staff here (White House)
don't go to testify in front of Congress. She won't -- she
will not be testifying in front of Congress tomorrow," White
House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
In a related development, White House Deputy Chief of
Staff Jim Messina issued a memo in this regard which was
posted on the White House website.
"The United States Secret Service announced that the
preliminary findings of its internal investigation indicated
that established security protocols were not followed at an
initial checkpoint. As the Secret Service said last week,
agents failed to verify that these two individuals were
invited guests before they entered the White House," it said.
"After reviewing our actions, it is clear that the
White House did not do everything we could have done to assist
the US Secret Service in ensuring that only invited guests
enter the complex," Messina said in a one-page memo. MORE PTI