White House Dinner Guest List

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:08 pm

Guest list for White House dinner
7/18/2005, 7:03 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

(AP) — Guests at the White House dinner given by President and Mrs. Bush for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, as released by the White House:

Ranendra Sen, Ambassador of India to the U.S., and Kalpana Sen

K. Natwar Singh, Indian Minister of External Affairs

Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, India Planning Commission

Prithviraj Chavan, Indian Minister of State

Mayankote Kelath Narayanan, Indian National Security Adviser

Thottuvelil Krishna Aiyappan Nair, Principal Secretary to the Indian Prime Minister

Shyam Saran, Indian Foreign Secretary

Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons

Mukesh Ambani, Group Chairman, Reliance Industries

Nandan Nilekani, President and CEO, Infosys Technologies

Durga Agrawal, President, Piping Technology and Products, and Sushila Agrawal

B.N. Bahadur, Chairman and CEO, B.B.K. Limited, and Rani Bahadur

Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard executive editor, and Barbara Barnes

Subha Barry, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Multicultural and Diversified Business, and James Barry

Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman and M. Diane Bodman

Dr. Amar Bose, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Bose Corp., and Ursula Bose

David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times, and Jane Hughes

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.

R. Nicholas Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, and Elizabeth Baylies

Andrew H. Card Jr., Presidential Chief of Staff, and Kathleene B. Card

Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Karin Chaudhari

Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney

Brandon Chillar, St. Louis Rams linebacker, and father, Ram Chillar

J.D. Crouch, Deputy National Security Adviser, and Kristin Crouch

Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Thomas Abraham, Councilman-at-Large, Sugar Land, Texas

Dr. Ravindra Desai, ENT Surgeon, and Lalita Desai

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society, and Dr. Robert Oxnam

Donald B. Ensenat, U.S. Chief of Protocol, and Taylor Ensenat

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard C. Blum

Douglas Feith, Defense Undersecretary for Policy, and Yana Feith

Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent, India Globe and Asia Today, and Dr. Jai Narain Gupta

Michael J. Green, Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, National Security Council, and Eileen Pennington

Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and Edilia Gutierrez

Stephen J. Hadley, national security adviser, and Ann Hadley

Dr. Shabbir Hashim, owner, Westgate Dental Arts, and Arwa S. Hashim

Allan B. Hubbard, National Economic Council director, and Kathryn Hubbard

Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Co., and Andrea Immelt

Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-La., and Supriya Jindal

Professor Ralph M. Stein and Corlyss Drinkard,, Esq.

Farooq Kathwari, Chairman, President and CEO, Ethan Allen Inc., and Farida Kathwari

Brett Kavanaugh, assistant to the President, and Ashley Kavanaugh

Dr. Sharad Lakhanpal, past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, and Rashmi Lakhanpal

I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff to the Vice President, and Harriet Grant

Tom Loeffler, Senior Partner, Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein and Rosenthal LLP, and Nancy Loeffler

Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., and Char Lugar

The Rev. Dr. Bernard Malik, President, Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America, and Abraham P. Mammen, Vice President, FIACONA

Dr. Srini Malini, radiologist, and niece Arathi Narasimhan

Anita McBride, Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Timothy J. McBride, Senior Vice President, Freddie Mac

Suha Arafat and Rabbi Irving Goldstein

David McCullough, author, and Rosalee McCullough

W. James McNerney Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Co.

David C. Mulford, American Ambassador to India, and Jeannie Mulford

Mrs. Indra Nooyi, President and CFO, PepsiCo Inc., and Raj Nooyi

Gen. Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lynne Pace

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J.

Sarah Perot, wife of Ross Perot Jr.

Jerome M. Fullinwider, Chairman, VF-Russia Inc.

Robert Portman, United States Trade Representative, and Jane Portman

Dr. Julian Raby, director, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and Lorna Raby

Narender Reddy, President, Sterling Realty Services Inc., and Sikiu Yepes

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, and Gordon L. Rocca

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Joyce Rumsfeld

Laurence H. Silberman, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Rosalie Silberman

Dr. Rajwant Singh, National Chairman, Sikh Council on Religion and Education, and Balbinder Kaur

Bob Stevens, Chairman, President and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corp., and Michelle Stevens

J.W. Stewart Jr., CEO and Chairman, BJ Services, and Anne Stewart

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Virginia Thomas

Raj Vattikuti, President and CEO, Covansys Corp., and Padmaja Vattikuti

Dr. Raghavendra Vijayanagar, Senior Partner, Gulf to Bay Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, and Kathleen M. Vijayanagar

Commander Sunita Lyn Williams, astronaut, and Michael Williams

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz

Dr. Mammen Zachariah, Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology, Fort Lauderdale Heart Institute, and Molly Zachariah

Dr. Zach Zachariah, President, Fort Lauderdale Heart Institute, and son Alexander Zachariah

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:13 pm

Ralph
The next time, please post White House Invitations before the dinner so I have time to find out why I’m not on the list
Thanks
t

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:15 pm

Ted wrote:Ralph
The next time, please post White House Invitations before the dinner so I have time to find out why I’m not on the list
Thanks
t

*****

I can get you an invite. Can you get to D.C. on short notice?

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:42 pm

With that token CMG legal representation, all will go well. Bon Appetit!

Auntie Lynn · Post by **Auntie Lynn** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:09 pm

Where's Ravi Shankar - one of the best of the bunch - or did I miss him...

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:15 pm

And no one there who knew to ask "So, do you think Gilchrist is a better batsman than Sachin? He really gave it to you guys!"

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:21 pm

I can get you an invite. Can you get to D.C. on short notice?

As fast as you can get "Marine One" to pick me up

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:39 pm

Ted wrote:
I can get you an invite. Can you get to D.C. on short notice?
As fast as you can get "Marine One" to pick me up

*****

Let's go with a Yellow Cab.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:46 pm

BTW
What I didn’t realize until now was the one name missing from the invite list, if you get my drift.

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:03 pm

Ted wrote:BTW
What I didn’t realize until now was the one name missing from the invite list, if you get my drift.

*****

Mary Carey?

Post by **Corlyss_D** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:04 am

Ralph wrote:
Ted wrote:BTW
What I didn’t realize until now was the one name missing from the invite list, if you get my drift.
*****

Mary Carey?

Did you mean Mariah Carey?

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:20 am

Corlyss_D wrote:
Ralph wrote:
Ted wrote:BTW
What I didn’t realize until now was the one name missing from the invite list, if you get my drift.
*****

Mary Carey?
Did you mean Mariah Carey?

*****

NO! Don't you know who former CA gubernatorial candidate and now GOP contributor MARY Carey is?

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:08 am

Anyway, I was referring to Rove being absent

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:31 am

Ted wrote:Anyway, I was referring to Rove being absent

*****

He was there as one of the waiters.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:48 am

I see...
A Roving waiter

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:36 am

Ted wrote:I see...
A Roving waiter

*****

You're as sharp as ever, Ted.

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