0White House State DinnersThe Obamas host Mexico’s first family at a state dinner Wednesday, determined to put talk of gate-crashers behind them. Dayo Olopade on the Obama-Calderon friendship—and what’s on the menu.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:02PM EDT / Published May 18, 2010 3:34PM EDT Charles Dharapak / AP Photo Barack Obama, May 19, 2010Charles Dharapak / AP Photo Barack Obama, November 24, 2009Charles Dharapak / AP Photo George W. Bush, May 7, 2007Evan Vucci / AP Photo Bill Clinton, February 5, 1998Luke Frazza, AFP / Getty Images George H. W. Bush, June 16, 1992Jennifer Law, AFP / Getty Images Ronald Reagan, December 8, 1987Ron Edmonds / AP Photo Jimmy Carter, December 17, 1979Dennis Cook / AP Photo Gerald Ford, July 17, 1976AP Photo Richard Nixon, March 24, 1969Bob Daugherty / AP Photo Lyndon B. Johnson, March 28, 1966Lyndon B. Johnson Library / AP Photo John F. Kennedy, September 19, 1961AP Photo Dwight Eisenhower, June 30, 1960AP Photo
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