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Mr. Dewar. [speaking french] the guest of honor has arrived, french president Francois Hollande greeted by the president and the first lady. This is the seventh state dinner were official visit for the Obama Administration. We will take you to the south lawn pavilion, a tent that is turned into a springlike display. First, we will take a look inside a state dinner as part of our coverage here on cspan2. We will tell you what it is like to be invited to these expose of affairs and will get the role of first ladies over the years. We will have a conversation with Julianna Smoot who serve in the Obama Administration. We want to begin with the perspective of james fallows. As a national correspondent, you have attended three state dinners. What are they l ....
President. I was a speechwriter and i never got to attend the state dinners as a guess guest. I was under a lot of stress trying to make the toast but the ambience for the guests i think as far as i can tell its just fun. People are almost universally excited to be there. Im not trying to make this sound silly but it would be deal dishonest to say people dont enjoy this because there are a lot of usually wellknown people there. They have common interest generally for the visit and it is always interesting just to see the five and the body language of the american president and his spouse and the foreign leader, what they are like and how they carry themselves. The vibe is a positive one. How important are these dinners for american diplomacy and how to heads of state view their visit at these events . I think they can be very important. For example when the chinese leader at the time i believe it may have been hu jintao in his early stage came during the george w. Bush demonstration th ....
The decision was to go forward. We have had decisions where it rains and we have the guy standing behind with the umbrella. But the weather is a call that is made the dayof the event in the two state dinners you were responsible for; were the inside the whitehouse or did you have the tent . For mexico we were inside for dinner and then outside for a tent where beyonce performed. For china, we had three tables in three different rooms and everything was inside the whitehouse your work is done by the time the dinner is underway. So what is your job like on this night . You are running around making sure everybody is comfortable. And also enjoys the night. How do the obamas repair prepare for this . I think the first lady spends time on what she is going to wear. She is involved with the menu planning. This is what the table is looking like. It is beautiful. The first lady is very involved. So is the president. They will look at the books and they go up every night a month out they are ge ....