42. State dinners are a tool of national diplomacy.
Edited on Wed Nov-25-09 01:29 AM by Ozymanithrax
India is concerned with our relationship with China, so a state dinner was a way of affirming our relationship with the worlds largest democracy. Perhaps there were other ways, but it is a legitimate tool that the President uses at his discretion.
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