White House State Dinners
The 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.
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Barack Obama, May 19, 2010
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Barack Obama, November 24, 2009
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George W. Bush, May 7, 2007
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Bill Clinton, February 5, 1998
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George H. W. Bush, June 16, 1992
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Ronald Reagan, December 8, 1987
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Jimmy Carter, December 17, 1979
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Gerald Ford, July 17, 1976
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Richard Nixon, March 24, 1969
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Lyndon B. Johnson, March 28, 1966
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John F. Kennedy, September 19, 1961
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