LIVE WATCH C-SPAN...GUEST ARRIVING: State Dinner for Korean President and Wife at White House!

[KoKo]

South Korea's President Visits Washington
White House state dinner tonight

Washington, DC
Thursday, October 13, 2011

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak is in Washington to enhance already strong diplomatic ties between the two countries. Both President Lee and President Obama are touting a new era of cooperation as Congress passed a long-stalled free trade agreement Wednesday.

While in Washington, President Lee met with President Obama and the two leaders held a joint news conference. President Lee also speaks to a joint meeting of Congress, and attends a state dinner is his honor at the White House this evening.

C‑SPAN.org is covering the day's events (all times ET):

9:00 am: State visit arrival ceremony at the White House South Lawn

12:20 pm: Joint press conference in the White House Rose Garden

4:00 pm: Mr. Lee speaks to a joint meeting of Congress

State Dinner:

6:30 pm: Arrival of guests through the East Wing of the White House

7:00 pm: Arrival of President Lee Myung-bak and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok to State Dinner

7:30 pm: Mr. Obama and Mr. Lee photograph

8:30 pm: U.S.-Korea dinner toasts

On Friday, President Obama and President Lee will travel to Lake Orion, Michigan, where they will tour General Motors Orion Assembly and make remarks on the trade agreement, which is said to open up economic opportunities and support jobs on both sides of the Pacific.

Updated: 10 min. ago

LIVE WATCH!
http://www.c-span.org/Events/South-Koreas-President-Visits-Washington/10737424732-4/

[Cali_Democrat]

1. What are they eating?

[elleng]

3. The Menu:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/south-korea-state-dinner-menu-entertainment/2011/10/13/gIQAmrtFiL_blog.html

[Cali_Democrat]

7. Yummy. n/t

[KoKo]

8. I like that much of the produce comes from the WH Organic Garden..

which sets a very nice tone for the whole dinner.

[AtomicKitten]

15. Yes please.

[KoKo]

4. main course features Wagyu beef rib eye steaks from a Texas ranch served with fresh turnip greens

The White House Blog
South Korea State Dinner: What’s on the Menu?
Posted by Colleen Curtis on October 13, 2011 at 05:18 PM EDT

Guests at the State Dinner honoring the President of South Korea this evening in the East Room of the White House will enjoy a Fall Harvest Dinner conceived by First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford. Tonight’s menu highlights the best of local produce combined with Korean flavors and traditions.

The first course, Butternut Squash Bisque, includes squash grown in the White House Kitchen Garden and harvested last week, and honey from the White House beehive, plus locally sourced scallions, which Comerford calls “a wondrous Korean ingredient.”

The second course, an Early Fall Harvest Salad, includes red and green lettuces grown in the White House Kitchen Garden which are wrapped in daikon sheets and served with masago rice pearl crispies and a sesame vinaigrette as a nod to Korean traditions.

The main course features Wagyu beef rib eye steaks from a Texas ranch served with fresh turnip greens from a DC-area source and squash from the White House Kitchen Garden. For dessert, White House pastry chef William Yosses and his team have prepared a classic chocolate cake layered with a blend of Korean and American pears.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/13/south-korea-state-dinner-what-s-menu

[KoKo]

6. The nice touch is the Dessert which co-mingles Korean and American Pears on Top!

That's kind of cool.

[msongs]

2. great, let's enforce their OWN trade rules against us...against them. nt

[MadHound]

5. Ah yes, the celebratory dinner, cheering on the disappearance of even more US jobs

The rich and powerful feast while the rest of us starve.

[KoKo]

9. Michelle has a stunning "off the shoulder" violet purple gown...

with what seems to be one very large bauble earring.. Striking!

http://www.c-span.org/Events/South-Koreas-President-Visits-Washington/10737424732-4/

[KoKo]

10. Michelle's Gown from WaPo

Michelle Obama’s dress for the South Korea state dinner
By The Reliable Source

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Here’s our first look at the presidential couples dressed for tonight’s state dinner. Michelle Obama selected a deep purple one-shouldered dress by Korean-American designer Doo-Ri Chung.

If WAPO gif. doesn't come through ...you will have to go to the link.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/michelle-obamas-dress-for-the-south-korea-state-dinner/2011/10/13/gIQA8yFSiL_blog.html

[KoKo]

12. Image from WaPo seems to work to show President, Michelle and Korean Pres & Wife...

Nice Photo. Ms. Lee in traditional Korean dress while Michelle truly looks like a Jackie Kennedy in her grace and style.

[Better Believe It]

11. Ahhhhhhh ..... a gathering of warriors for the working class. Nice.

[nc4bo]

13. Hate to say it but you better believe it.

The great signing equals much celebrations I'd think.

[KoKo]

14. It's what they do...Remember people hated Roselynn Carter because she made some of her own clothes

and shopped at "common stores."

We criticized Laura Bush for using "curtains" for gowns.

So...what do we want? Another Jackie Kennedy or Roselynn or Laura?

Believe me...I don't know what the hell we want anymore.