White House Hanukkah Party Spawns Anger
December 14, 2009
White House Hanukkah Party Spawns Anger
At the White House, as the Obama administration is learning all too well, a party is never a simple affair. (Just ask the Salahi-stricken Secret Service.)
The latest kerfuffle, the New York Times reports, involves the Obama administration’s first Hanukkah party.
One bone of contention has been the guest list: Administration officials say they are inviting 550 people, just 50 less than President Bush invited to his White House Hanukkah parties. But reports in the Israeli press spawned fast-spreading rumors that the Obama White House was only inviting 400 – and that the Bush White House had actually invited twice that number.
It was, some suggested, a snub – and one that critics said should not come as a surprise.
More here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/11/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5967024.shtml
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