Indeed they will, Mike. I'm so THANKFUL that Tony accepted the offer.
As you know, the White House is having a "Black Tie" Dinner for Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his wife. If you remember there was a bit of a stink made of the way President Bush honored China's leader Hu Jintao back on April 20th, Hu Jintao was given a formal Luncheon despite the fact that the Chinese wanted a formal State Dinner.
Well!!! today C_span is replaying the April 20th Ceremony when Hu Jintao arrived back on April 20th, 2006.... Does anybody think this wasn't done on purpose ???