Bush Holds 5th Grand Dinner of Presidency [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Bush Holds 5th Grand Dinner of Presidency
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

(07-19) 00:47 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --


President Bush, famously unimpressed with the pomp and pageantry of the presidency, is nonetheless a Texan who appreciates big things as well as a politician who can count votes.

And so it was that 134 guests of Bush and his wife, Laura, gathered Monday evening at the White House to recognize the U.S. relationship with the biggest democracy in the world.

The all-out gala honoring India and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a much-anticipated return to a grand, black-tie dinner at the White House, the first in nearly two years.

"This, of course, is the largest democracy on the face of the Earth," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld explained to reporters as they gathered to watch the arrival of the usual mix of dinner guests — Cabinet members, administration officials, members of Congress, representatives of the Indian government and corporate tycoons.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/19/national/w004710D71.DTL

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Someone should have told the reporter she should NOT drink before filing her story. I think she overdid it.