Obamaland: Inside POTUS’ First State Dinner

by John Arundel November 25, 2009

written by John Arundel November 25, 2009

Pomp and Circumstance at the Obamas’ first State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister Singh

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By John Arundel

There was an element of suspense and breathless anticipation to the Obamas first State Dinner Tuesday. Staff and Secret Service shuttled around in tuxedos and floor-length ball gowns, as a fireplace crackled in the Green Room and the Marine Corps Orchestra filled the Grand Foyer with New Orleans jazz tunes.

A. R. Rahman Abraham Lincoln Alma Powell Amartya Sen Amrit Singh Barack Obama Barbara Graves Bob Casey Colin Powell Dan Pfieffer David Axelrod David Geffen Desiree Rogers Deval Patrick Earl Graves Emma Rothschild Eric Holder Gursharan Kaur Hillary Clinton Howard Berman Indra Nooyi Janis Berman Jean Chu Jeff Katzenberg Jeremey Lingvall Jill Biden Jim Jones Joe Biden John Arundel John Kerry John Rutter Konrad Ng Larry Summers Lee Hamilton M. Night Shyamalan Malia Obama Manmohan Singh Marian Robinson Marty Nesbitt Mary Johnston Maya Soetoro-Ng Melody Barnes Michelle Obama Nancy Hamilton Nancy Pelosi Paul Pelosi Sarah Feinberg Sasha Obama Steny Hoyer Steven Chu Susan Rice Timothy Geithner Timothy Roemer Upinder Singh Visakha Desai

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