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“Was she there as a reporter or private citizen? Her usual beat is defense and security. “

I'm sure there are events like this all time.

We all do networking events in our professional lives. For a reporter to get invited to an event where the VP is present; would be a no brainer for her not to go.

Doesn't matter if it's a charity event for abandoned chipmunks. If the right people are there; you go.

And keep in mind the VP’s residence is I assume the official residence of the VP. Like the White House.
I'm too lazy to look it up.

I hate to be the one defending a liberal reporter!!

You are defending her making unwarranted assumptions. I am just asking legitimate questions as to why she would be invited to such a function that appears to be out of her area of reporting. She doesn't usually cover such events.

Martha Myrna Raddatz born February 14, 1953 in Idaho Falls, Idaho is an American reporter with ABC News. She currently serves as the network's Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent. She reports for ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, and other network broadcasts.

Raddatz resides in Arlington, Virginia, with her third husband, journalist Tom Gjelten. She has two children from previous relationships: a daughter, Greta Bradlee, with Benjamin Bradlee, Jr. and a son, Jake Genachowski. She was previously married to Julius Genachowski, father of Jake and current head of the FCC under the Obama Administration. Additionally, Raddatz was previously married to Ben Bradlee, Jr., the father of Greta. Bradlee is Projects Editor for The Boston Globe.

Tom Gjelten is a correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) news. Gjelten has worked for NPR since 1982, when he joined the organization as a labor and education reporter. More recently he has covered diplomatic and national security issues, based out of NPR's Washington, D.C., headquarters. Gjelten and his colleagues at NPR received a Peabody Award in 2004 for "The War in Iraq".

I am sure you know who Ben Bradlee is. It seems that she is in bed with the Dems literally and figuratively.

We all do networking events in our professional lives. For a reporter to get invited to an event where the VP is present; would be a no brainer for her not to go.

Doesn't matter if it's a charity event for abandoned chipmunks. If the right people are there; you go.

It's the job of the press to be critical of the administration and keep an eye on what they do. The press is essentially a private regulator. It is a problem if a regulator interacts socially with the people they are supposed to regulate.

If you lived close to a nuclear reactor, would you want the regulator in charge of monitoring core safety going to cocktail parties and yukking it up with the guys who run the reactor?