DRUDGE: ROVE-LESS? Guest List of White House State Dinner (but SCJ Clarence Thomas in 'in')

The Drudge Report ^ | July 18, 2005 | Matt Drudge

[jdm]

ROVE-LESS?: Guest List of White House State Dinner... But Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 'in'

Mon Jul 18 2005 20:27:18 ET

Guests and menua at the White House dinner given by President and Mrs. Bush for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, as released by the White House:

Chilled Asparagus Soup Lemon Creme Chappellet Chardonnay Napa Valley 2003 Pan-roasted Halibut Ginger-Carrot Butter Basmati Rice with Pistachios and Currants Herbed Summer Vegetables Trio of Celery Hearts, Leaves and Roots Hartford Court Pinot Noir Arrendell 2002 Salad of Bibb Lettuces Citrus Vinaigrette Lotus Blossom Mango, Chocolate-Cardamom and Cashew Ice Creams Mer Soleil Late 2001

Ranendra Sen, Ambassador of India to the U.S., and Kalpana Sen

K. Natwar Singh, Indian Minister of External Affairs

Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, India Planning Commission

Prithviraj Chavan, Indian Minister of State

Mayankote Kelath Narayanan, Indian National Security Adviser

Thottuvelil Krishna Aiyappan Nair, Principal Secretary to the Indian Prime Minister

Shyam Saran, Indian Foreign Secretary

Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons

Mukesh Ambani, Group Chairman, Reliance Industries

Nandan Nilekani, President and CEO, Infosys Technologies

Durga Agrawal, President, Piping Technology and Products, and Sushila Agrawal

B.N. Bahadur, Chairman and CEO, B.B.K. Limited, and Rani Bahadur

Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard executive editor, and Barbara Barnes

Subha Barry, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Multicultural and Diversified Business, and James Barry

Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman and M. Diane Bodman

Dr. Amar Bose, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Bose Corp., and Ursula Bose

David Brooks, columnist, The New York Times, and Jane Hughes

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.

R. Nicholas Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, and Elizabeth Baylies

Andrew H. Card Jr., Presidential Chief of Staff, and Kathleene B. Card

Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Karin Chaudhari

Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney

Brandon Chillar, St. Louis Rams linebacker, and father, Ram Chillar

J.D. Crouch, Deputy National Security Adviser, and Kristin Crouch

Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Thomas Abraham, Councilman-at-Large, Sugar Land, Texas

Dr. Ravindra Desai, ENT Surgeon, and Lalita Desai

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society, and Dr. Robert Oxnam

Donald B. Ensenat, U.S. Chief of Protocol, and Taylor Ensenat

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard C. Blum

Douglas Feith, Defense Undersecretary for Policy, and Yana Feith

Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent, India Globe and Asia Today, and Dr. Jai Narain Gupta

Michael J. Green, Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, National Security Council, and Eileen Pennington

Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and Edilia Gutierrez

Stephen J. Hadley, national security adviser, and Ann Hadley

Dr. Shabbir Hashim, owner, Westgate Dental Arts, and Arwa S. Hashim

Allan B. Hubbard, National Economic Council director, and Kathryn Hubbard

Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Co., and Andrea Immelt

Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-La., and Supriya Jindal

Farooq Kathwari, Chairman, President and CEO, Ethan Allen Inc., and Farida Kathwari

Brett Kavanaugh, assistant to the President, and Ashley Kavanaugh

Dr. Sharad Lakhanpal, past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, and Rashmi Lakhanpal

I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff to the Vice President, and Harriet Grant

Tom Loeffler, Senior Partner, Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein and Rosenthal LLP, and Nancy Loeffler

Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., and Char Lugar

The Rev. Dr. Bernard Malik, President, Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America, and Abraham P. Mammen, Vice President, FIACONA

Dr. Srini Malini, radiologist, and niece Arathi Narasimhan

Anita McBride, Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Timothy J. McBride, Senior Vice President, Freddie Mac

David McCullough, author, and Rosalee McCullough

W. James McNerney Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Co.

David C. Mulford, American Ambassador to India, and Jeannie Mulford

Mrs. Indra Nooyi, President and CFO, PepsiCo Inc., and Raj Nooyi

Gen. Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lynne Pace

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J.

Sarah Perot, wife of Ross Perot Jr.

Jerome M. Fullinwider, Chairman, VF-Russia Inc.

Robert Portman, United States Trade Representative, and Jane Portman

Dr. Julian Raby, director, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and Lorna Raby

Narender Reddy, President, Sterling Realty Services Inc., and Sikiu Yepes

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, and Gordon L. Rocca

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Joyce Rumsfeld

Laurence H. Silberman, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Rosalie Silberman

Dr. Rajwant Singh, National Chairman, Sikh Council on Religion and Education, and Balbinder Kaur

Bob Stevens, Chairman, President and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corp., and Michelle Stevens

J.W. Stewart Jr., CEO and Chairman, BJ Services, and Anne Stewart

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Virginia Thomas

Raj Vattikuti, President and CEO, Covansys Corp., and Padmaja Vattikuti

Dr. Raghavendra Vijayanagar, Senior Partner, Gulf to Bay Cardiovascular Surgical Associates, and Kathleen M. Vijayanagar

Commander Sunita Lyn Williams, astronaut, and Michael Williams

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz

Dr. Mammen Zachariah, Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology, Fort Lauderdale Heart Institute, and Molly Zachariah

Dr. Zach Zachariah, President, Fort Lauderdale Heart Institute, and son Alexander Zachariah

[mickie]

Wouldn't you think that Indra Nooyi....Pepsi Cola......should be ashamed to put her face in the White House.
She has made her feelings about this Country quite clear!

[PhiKapMom]

Some of the people on the list were invited because of the wishes of the foreign dignitary. State Dinner is a coordinated effort.

[CFC__VRWC]

For that matter, why would they invite Diane Feinstein, or a CINO reporter for the NYT?

[joonbug]

The Pepsi executive who made some stupid comments a few months ago is on the list.

[asp1]

There is a Chinese restaurant in New Port Richey, FL that serves pistachio ice cream. It is always my choice for dessert. Yum! Shades of my youth.

[afnamvet]

Leaves and Roots

LOL!

[NathanBookman]

Thanks for the laugh!! Maybe Apu is busy watching his octuplets.

[linkinpunk]

I don't know about you, but this could actually be Karl Rove in disguise.

Anybody ever seen Rove in a turban?

[advance_copy]

Is that pic supposed to somehow mimic that famous Beatles album pic?

Hmmmm, if you notice, Karl is the only one with his hand in his pocket. Is that the real Karl Rove?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Can we get some pictures of hot Indian women here?

I suggest emailing the Prime Minister of India with your request. Following the expected non-response, you could try bollywood.com.

[asp1]

About the only thing that I would go for would be the lettuce. The rest I would pass under the table and hope that my dog was where he usually is.

[RoseofTexas]

Watch the pubs go spineless because of that cooked up poll...just watch!! Argggghhhhh, watch them start clamoring for Rove to resign. I haven't heard a peep out of them defending Rove these past 14 days of the media blitz, OHHHH but watch them jump on the OMwhore wagon at the count of ten, demanding W fire Rove...just watch!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

No date for Condi?M

She called, but I was busy tonight.

[NathanBookman]

Most libs would say that is Rove in disguise...in the suit and tie.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["For the second day in a row, Karl Rove was at President Bush's side in a highly public appearance on Friday, a signal that Mr. Bush continues to support him" - from the liberal rag, the NY Times.]

Another clue for the hopeless NYT: It could be a "signal" that GW and Rove know that this tempest will soon evaporate into the bottom of the Left's so far extraordinarily unproductive teapot.

[hoosiermama]

Someone on the dose might be interested in this information.

[mombrown1]

Frist and Santorum seem to be missing. Did my senior eyes miss them on the list?

[Fudd Fan]

So that's why Fred wasn't on Brit's panel tonite.

[danamco]

I suspect Rove just got lucky.


Somebody has to tend the "shop" = K.R.!!!