State Dinner

If, in retrospect, "My Motherland" might seem to be a regrettable choice for a state dinner, it clearly was unintentional. Mr.

Prime ministers of Japan and the Czech Republic have had an unusual dinner companion as they met for a state dinner in Prague.

Jill Biden continued: "I said, Joe, if you're secretary of state, you'll be away. See you at a state dinner once in a while. "

The White House decided early on not to call Mr. Hu's trip a state visit, and denied him perquisites like a state dinner.

Party crashers were allowed into a White House State Dinner without being on the guest list is an embarrassment to the Homeland Security.

Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.

Mr. Singh will be the guest of honor at a state dinner Tuesday at the White House, President Barack Obama's first since taking office.

It is not an obvious choice of dress for a first lady at a state dinner but then not all first ladies have Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's advantages.

Not long ago, he snuck into a White House state dinner. Nobody recognized him.

For his first state dinner, Obama pointedly invited Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- clearly not Pakistan's first choice.

At a state dinner, Obama is flanked by Singh, left, and Indian President Pratibha Patil.

Those included President Bush's decision to host a working lunch rather than a state dinner.

Most of all, her choice had a just enough pomp to signal the importance of this state dinner.

The Obamas will enjoy a state dinner and stay at Buckingham Palace, with Queen Elizabeth the Second as host.

The first state dinner in the Obama White House, hosting India.

The Obamas will host the Calderons at a state dinner Wednesday evening.

January 20, 2011: President Hu attends Obama's State Dinner at the White House in Washington.

But playing to India's well-known weakness for flattery, he will honour it with his presidency's first state dinner later this month.

In addition to the school visit, Messrs. Obama and Cameron attended a state dinner at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Hu by refusing to host a state dinner for him; Mr.

President Jiang Zemin of China requested an intimate dinner in the East Room during a 1997 state dinner with President Bill Clinton.

but at the state dinner, you enter unaccompanied.

To attend the state dinner, black tie is required.

The Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid, for example, declined an invitation to the State dinner in part for fashion reasons.

At a state dinner for Obama, members of an Indonesian honor guard stand before a wall featuring a picture of Indonesian

If you want to refuse an invitation to the White House state dinner, only use for four reasons: First, death in the family;

They are preparing a state dinner