On the first part, look, I think that -- this is the third state dinner.
Today marks the first official visit and State Dinner for a European leader during my presidency.
He ended his day by attending a state dinner in his honour hosted by President Colom.
In 2009, a couple got into a White House state dinner without invitations, embarrassing the Secret Service.
Take the strapless gold column she wore for the state dinner with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Traditional mementos, such as a red-sequined ball gown from a state dinner and scribbled-on speech cards, also are on display.
Embattled Social Secretary Desiree Rogers stepped down on Friday, three months after state dinner party-crashers drew her competence into question.
Katzenberg has been invited to a state dinner at the White House, but he has never met privately with the President.
And with our young girls over these past few months, we've studied the history and protocol that go into hosting a state dinner.
After a state dinner, Bush and his party were bundled back onto Air Force One and shunted off to the president's next stop, Thailand.
They checked the Dardens' names and did a criminal background check, steps that were not taken for the Salahis at the November 24 state dinner.
Despite fearmongering that Obama has somehow damaged relations with Israel, and the head-of-state dinner Netanyahu threw for Romney this summer, the general Israeli populace seems unmoved.
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South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, is expected to enjoy a state dinner at the White House next month, adding symbolic weight to the importance of the alliance.
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In 1866 he secured his national reputation when he was commissioned to paint additional pieces for the White House state dinner service originally purchased by Mary Todd Lincoln.
Monday, Defense Department official Michele Jones denied in a statement obtained by CNN that she helped try to get the couple on the list for the state dinner.
And this evening, tonight the President and I are going to be hosting our first state dinner -- and we're hosting for the Prime Minister and his wife, Mrs.
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And then that dinner -- that evening there will be a state dinner in Beijing, which the President is very thankful for the gracious hospitality of the Chinese hosts.
Obama and Netanyahu met several times during the president's three days in Israel, which also included a state dinner where Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded him the country's highest civilian honor.
This Official Visit, the visit to Dayton and the State Dinner at the White House on Wednesday evening underscore the special relationship that the United States and the United Kingdom share.
Kaur at the first state dinner of my presidency.
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She opted for an Oscar de la Renta floral gown for a White House state dinner last year honoring Germany (Rihanna wore a version of the same gown to the 2011 Brit Awards).
Washington (CNN) -- The media spotlight has focused on the brash couple who recently managed to attend a White House state dinner, but a U.S. Secret Service training document details 91 breaches of security between 1980 and 2003.
It's worth noting that Americans started the long and difficult journey toward immigration reform on September 5, 2001, when President George W. Bush welcomed Mexican President Vicente Fox to the White House for a state dinner in his honor.
President Obama and the First Lady will welcome Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and his wife, Samantha Cameron, to the White House for an Official Visit with a State Dinner on March 13-14, 2012.
All along they saw the state dinner as something that was rightfully theirs to attend because, let's face it, the Salahis' acts don't suggest any less class or integrity than the sort of antics regularly engaged in by those who actually were on the guest list.
Now, I heard that there was a state dinner going on here -- and usually I get invited to the state dinners. (Laughter.) So this time I just had to crash -- (laughter) -- I had to crash the party because I did not want to miss out on all the fun.
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And just to be simple, we open up the state dinner to the press so that they get to see what the inside of the tent is going to look like, what the feel of the dinner is going to be, and what the menu is going to taste like, and all of that good stuff.
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The last time that Prime Minister Singh visited the United States, as part of a wonderful state dinner, we instituted what we termed a strategic partnership that involves all of our ministers at the highest levels working together to try to find ways to enhance commercial ties, security ties, coordination on critical multilateral issues like climate change.
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