State dinner for Bush cancelled.
AN elaborate state dinner tonight for US President George W. Bush was scrapped after US and Chilean officials failed to agree on security measures at the presidential palace, Chilean media reported.
The newspaper, citing high-level Chilean sources, said Chile was unwilling to accept security measures sought by the US secret service for today's official dinner in Santiago's ornate presidential palace.
The measures included a demand that all guests for the official dinner pass through metal detectors at the La Moneda palace, but the demand was rejected by Lagos, the newspaper and radio reports said.
Chilean media said the state dinner had been planned for 200 guests. About 20 will attend the working dinner, to be held in Lagos' private dining room in the same building.
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Article in post 23.
Well? Still blaming the USSS and defending the Chileans?
Good.
And, we will not forget.
The Chileans scrapped this elaborate dinner for a smaller gathering because they didn't want to subject the guests to that level of vetting. Good. What does this have to do with the issue last night?