Ah, the perks of raising money for candidates! Wagar, the Coconut Grove attorney and President Barack Obama's chief Florida fundraiser during the 2008 campaign, is among the bigwigs at tonight's State Dinner at the White House in honor of India, mingling with political dignitaries and the likes of actors Blair Underwood and Alfre Woodard, directors Steven Spielberg and M. Night Shyamalan.
Full guest list after the jump.
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. Anjana Pitroda
General Colin Powell/ Ms. Alma Powell
Dr. Rachakonda D Prabhu/Dr. Lata Shete Prabhu
Mrs. Penny Pritzker/Dr. Brian Traubert
Ms. Kavita Ramdas
Her Excellency Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Ms. Preetha Reddy
The Honorable (Governor) Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania (D)/The Honorable (Judge) Marjorie Rendell, First Lady of Pennsylvania
Mr. Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting
The Honorable (Ambassador) Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations/Mr. Ian Cameron
The Honorable (Governor) Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico (D)/Mrs. Barbara Richardson, First Lady of New Mexico
Ms. Robin Roberts
Mrs. Marian Robinson
Ambassador Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador to India/Mrs. Mary Johnston
Ms. Desiree Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
Mr. John Rogers
The Honorable (Dr.) Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Dennis Ross, NSC
The Honorable (Rep) Edward Randall Royce, United States Representative/ Marie Therese Royce
Mr. Michael Sacks/ Mrs. Cari Sacks
The Honorable (Rep.) Linda Sanchez, United States Representative (D/California) /Mr. James Sullivan, Guest of Then Honorable Linda Sanchez
Mr. Pankaj Saran, Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
His Excellency Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Indian Delegation
Mr. Jaideep Sarkar, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr. Parag Saxena
The Honorable (Rep.) Jan Schakowsky, United States Representative (D/Illinois) Mr. Robert Creamer
The Honorable (Mr.) Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs/ Jody Schiliro
Ms. Annetta Seecharran/Seema Agnani
Mr. Stuart Seldowitz, Acting Director for South Asia, NSC
Dr. Amartya Sen/ Ms. Emma Georgina Rothschild
Under Secretary Rajiv J Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics, Department of Agriculture
The Honorable Sonal Shah, Deputy Assist to the President, Director Office of SICP,
Domestic Policy Council
Mr. Vinod Shah
Her Excellency Meera SHANKAR, Ambassador, India
The Honorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President/Chief of Staff to the First Lady/ The Honorable (Mr.) Neil Cohen
Mr. M. Night Shyamalan/Mrs. Bhavna Shyamalan
Ms. Amrit Singh/Mr. Analjit Singh
Mr. Arun K. Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
Mr. Balvinder Singh/Mr. Mohinder Singh
Mr. Lakhwinder Singh/Mrs. Sukhbir Kaur
Ms. Upinder Singh
Mr. Steven Spielberg
Mr. Sri Srinivasan/Ms. Carla Garrett
Ms. Srinija Srinivasan
The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State/Ms. Sherburne Bradstreet
Mrs. Semonti Stephens, Deputy Press Secretary, Office of the First Lady
Mr. Andy Stern/ Ms. Anna Burger
Mrs. Jane Stetson/Mr. Bill Stetson
Honorable (Dr.) Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council/Dr. Elisa New
The Honorable (Ms.) Mona Sutphen, Office of Chief of Staff/ Mr. Clyde Williams
Mr. Ratan Tata
The Honorable (Ms.) Tina Tchen, Office of Public Liaison
Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally, Ambassador, Embassy of Belize/Mrs. Barbara Thummalapally
Mr. Jim Torrey/Ms. Rose P Lynch
Mr. Richard Trumka/Mr. Paul H Lemmon
Ms. Urvashi Vaid/Ms. Kate Clinton
Mr. Kirk Wagar/Ms. Crystal Connor
Dr. Eric E. Whitaker/Dr. Cheryl Whitaker
Mr. Brian Williams/Mrs. Jane Williams
Mr. Wellington Wilson/ Mrs. Wilson
Mr. Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury
Ms. Alfre Woodard/Mr. Blair E Underwood
Mr. Fareed Zakaria/ Ms. Paula Throckmorton Zakaria
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Isn't Wagar that bottom-feeding Workers Comp attorney who runs all those cheesy ads in the paper? Obama must be proud to have him on his side.
Posted by: John | November 24, 2009 at 09:59 PM