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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2009 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2009 Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight’s State Dinner: The President & First Lady Michelle Obama Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India & Ms. Gursharan Kaur The Honorable (Rep) Gary Ackerman, United States Representative Mr. Sant Singh Chatwal (Guest) His Excellency Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation Mr. Mukesh D Ambani Mr. Tim Dutta (Spouse of Ms. Pia Awal) The Honorable (Mr.) David Axelrod, White House Communications Mrs. Susan Axelrod Ms. Preeta Bansal, OMB - General Counsel The Honorable (Ms.) Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council Mr. Marland E. Buckner The Honorable (Rep.) Howard Berman, United States Representative (D/California) Mrs. Jane Berman, Spouse of United States Representative (D/California) Mr. Om Prakash Bhatt Mr. Hunter Biden Mrs. Kathleen Biden The Honorable (Vice President) Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States Dr. Jill Biden Mr. Robert O Blake, Jr., Assistant Sec for South and Central Asian Affairs, State Department Mrs. Sofia Blake Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, NY Ms. Diana Taylor The Honorable (Mr.) John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, Homeland Security Council Mrs. Katherine Brennan The Honorable (Ms.) Lisa Brown, Office of Staff Secretary Mr. Kevin Cullen Mr. Donald Browne Ms. Maria Junqera The Honorable (Ms.) Carol Browner, Energy and Climate Change The Honorable (Mr.) Tom Downey Mr. William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State Ms. Lisa Carty General James E Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mrs. Sandee Cartwright The Honorable (Senator) Bob Casey, United States Senator (D/Pennsylvania) Mrs. Terese Casey, United States Senate Spouse (D/Pennsylvania) Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekaran Mrs. Julie Chandrasekaran Mr. I.S. Chaturvedi, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation Senator Satveer Chaudhry, State Senator Colonel Ravi Chaudhry (Guest) Ms. Rohini Chopra Mr. Deepak Chopra Mrs. Rita Chopra The Honorable (Secretary) Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy Mrs. Jean Chu The Honorable (Secretary) Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State The Honorable (Rep.) James E. Clyburn, United States Representative (D/South Carolina) Mrs. Emily Clyburn The Honorable (Senator) Kent Conrad, United States Senator (D/North Dakota) Ms. Lucy Calutti, United States Senate Spouse (D/North Dakota) Mr. David Cote Ms. Katie Couric Mr. Brooks L Perlin Mr. Greg Craig, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President Mrs. Margaret D Craig Mrs. Paula Crown Mr. Jim Crown The Honorable (Rep.) Elijah Cummings, United States Representative (D/Maryland) Mrs. Maya Rockeymoore Senator Swati Dandekar, State Senator Mr. Arvind Dandekar Mr. Rajesh De, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Nancy Ann DeParle, Office of Health Reform Mr. Jason P DeParle Ms. Bhairavi Desai Javaid Tariq Dr. Vishakha N. Desai Robert Oxman The Honorable (Senator) Chris Dodd, United States Senator (D/Connecticut) Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd Mr. John Doerr The Honorable (Mr.) Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor, NSC Ms. Cathy Russell The Honorable Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director Mr. Bob Bauer Mr. Ari Emanuel Mrs. Sarah Emanuel The Honorable (Mr.) Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President Ms. Amy Rule The Honorable (Mr.) Jon Favreau, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Office of the Chief of Staff The Honorable (Mayor) Adrian Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia Mrs. Michelle Fenty Ms. Michelle Flournoy Mr. Thomas Friedman Mrs. Ann Friedman The Honorable (Mr.) Mike Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, NSC Dr. Ashok S Ganguly The Honorable (Mr.) Patrick Gaspard, Office of Political Affairs Mrs. Raina Washington The Honorable Robert Gates Ms. Charlene Gaynor Mr. Richard Heiss Mr. David Geffen Mr. Jeremy Lingvall The Honorable (Secretary) Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury Ms. Carole Sonnenfeld The Honorable (Mr.) Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary Mr. Anish Goel, Acting Senior Director, South Asia Affairs, NSC Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan Mr. Mark Gorenberg Ms. Wendy Wanderman Mr. John Gorman Mrs. Tamra Gorman Representative Jay Goyal, State Representative Kiran Goyal Representative Raj Goyle, State Representative Mrs. Monica Arora The Honorable (Governor) Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan (D) Mr. Daniel Mulhern, First Gentleman of Michigan Mr. Earl G. Graves Mrs. Barbara Graves Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta Mr. Arvind Gupta Mr. Raj Gupta Mr. Rajat Gupta Mrs. Anita M Gupta Dr. Sanjay Gupta Mrs. Rebecca Olson Gupta Mr. Lee Hamilton Mrs. Nancy Hamilton The Honorable (Ms.) Kamala Harris Ms. Maya Harris Mr. Kamil Hassan Mrs. Talat Hassan Mr. George Haywood Mrs. Cheryl J Haywood The Honorable Fred Hochberg, Export-Import Bank Thomas P Healy The Honorable (Rep.) Paul Hodes, United States Representative (D/New Hampshire) Mrs. Margaret Hodes The Honorable (Attorney General) Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Department of Justice Dr. Sharon Malone, MD Dr. John P. Holdren Dr. Cheryl E Holdren The Honorable (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes-Norton, United States of Representative (D/DC) Mr. John Norton Mr. Robert D Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, State Department Ms. Camille Massey The Honorable (Rep) Steny Hoyer, United States Representative (D/Maryland) Ms. Kathleen May Mr. Chris Hughes Mr. Sean S Eldridge Mr. Jeff Immelt The Honorable (Senator) Daniel Inouye, United States Senator (D/Hawaii) Ms. Irene Hirano, United States Senate Spouse (D/Hawaii) Mrs. Deepa Iyer Mr. Parag Khandhar Mr. Vasudeva Iyer The Honorable (Administrator) Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Mr. Kenneth Jackson The Honorable (Ms.) Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor The Honorable (Governor) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana Mrs. Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana The Honorable (General) James Jones, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Mrs. Diane Jones Mrs. Ann Jordan Mr. Vernon Jordan Mr. Anil Kakani Mr. Farooq Kathwari Mrs. Farida Kathwari Mr. Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg Mrs. Marilyn Katzenberg Ms. Maneesha Kelkar, Manavi Vinay Vaishampayan The Honorable (Senator) John Kerry, United States Senator (D/Massachusetts) Dr. Harish Khare, Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Indian Delegation The Honorable (Mr.) Bradley Kiley, Office of Management and Administration Mr. James Coley, Jr. Ms. Gayle King The Honorable (Ambassador) Ron Kirk, USTR Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk The Honorable (Mr.) Ronald Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Office of the Vice President Mrs. Chanda D Kochhar His Excellency S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation Ms. Gaitri Kumar, Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation Mr. Vivek Kundra Mrs. Jhumpa Lahiri Mr. Alberto Vourvoulias Mr. Marc Lasry Cathy Lasry Mr. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary, Department of State The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Mrs. Mona Locke The Honorable (Mr.) Christopher Lu, Cabinet Affairs Ms. Kathryn Thomson The Honorable (Senator) Richard Lugar, United States Senator (R/Indiana) Mrs. Char Lugar, United States Senate Spouse (R/Indiana) Mr. Michael Lynton Ms. Elizabeth Jamie Alter Mr. Surinder Malhotra The Honorable (Chief of Protocol) Capricia Marshall The Honorable (Ms.) Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House Office of Scheduling Mr. Brian Mathis Mrs. Tracey Kemble Ms. Kiran Mazumda-Shaw The Honorable (Senator) Claire McCaskill, United States Senator (D/Missouri) Mr. Joseph Shepard, United States Senate Spouse The Honorable (Rep) Jim McDermott, United States Representative (D/Washington) Mrs. Therese Marie Hansen Mr. Zarin Mehta Ms. Carmen Lasky The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Messina, Office of Chief of Staff Mr. Judd Miner Mrs. Linda Miner Mr. Newt Minow Mrs. Josephine Minow Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mrs. Deborah Mullen The Honorable (Secretary) Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security His Excellency M.K. Narayanan, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation Mr. Shantanu Narayen Mrs. Reni Narayen Mr. Raju Narisetti Durga Raghunath Mr. Martin Nesbitt Ms. Anita Blanchard Mr. Konrad Ng Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng Ms. Indra Nooyi The Honorable (Rep) David Obey, United States Representative (D/Wisconsin) Mrs. Joan Obey The Honorable (Mr.) Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management & Budget Mr. Jim Owens Ms. Katie Owens Mr. Deepak Parekh Mr. Eboo Patel Ms. Shehnez Mansuri The Honorable (Governor) Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts (D) Mrs. Diane Patrick, First Lady of Massachusetts The Honorable (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative (D/California) and Speaker of the House Mr. Paul Pelosi Mr. Dan Pfeiffer, White House Office of Communications Mr. Sam Pitroda Mrs.
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