Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The White House announced President Obama hosted a wedding in the Rose Garden of his official residence for the chief official White House photographer. The White House said photographer Pete Souza and Patti Lease were married at the White House Saturday night by White House Military Chaplain Stanley Fornea, CNN reported Monday. Advertisement Souza has been Obama's chief official White House photographer since his election in 2008 and he served in the same position during President Ronald Reagan's second term. The Hill reported the wedding was not on Obama's public schedule. Read More Obama's 19th quarter approval rating dips for third straight quarter Obama: 'Clouds of crisis and uncertainy have lifted' Obama, Italian PM Letta meet in Oval Office