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President BARACK H. OBAMA and First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA

tives and Mrs. JOHN A. BOEHNER (Debbie)

Vice President and Mrs. JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. (Jill)

SALLY QUINN

His Excellency the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia ADEL BIN AHMED AL-JUBEIR and Mrs. Al-Jubeir (Farah) Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT L. ALLBRITTON (Elena)

Mr. BENJAMIN C. BRADLEE and Ms. Mr. and Mrs. DAVID G. BRADLEY (Katherine) Mr. MARCUS W. BRAUCHLI and Ms. MAGGIE FARLEY

Associate Justice and Mrs. STEPHEN G. BREYER (Joanna)

George Stevens Jr. and Nancy Pelosi

David Gregory

Joe Biden

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Mrs. G. WAYNE CLOUGH (Anne) Her Royal Highness INFANTA CRISTINA and His Excellency INAKI URDANGARÍN, Duke of Palma de Majorca His Excellency the Ambassador of France FRANCOIS DELATTRE and Ms. SOPHIE L’HÉLIAS-DELATTRE

General MARTIN E. DEMPSEY, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mrs. Dempsey (Deanie)

His Excellency the Ambassador of Kuwait, Sheikh SALEM ABDULLAH AL-JABER ALSABAH, and Sheikha RIMA AL-SABAH

Senator SCOTT BROWN and Ms. GAIL

Ms. ADRIENNE ARSHT

Mr. and Mrs. CALVIN CAFRITZ (Jane)

Mr. and Mrs. DAVID M. AXELROD (Susan)

Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM N. CAFRITZ (Buffy)

The Honorable BEN S. BERNANKE, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board, and Mrs. Bernanke (Anna)

Representative and Mrs. ERIC I. CANTOR (Diana)

Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT S. DUVALL (Luciana)

Mr. and Mrs. STEVEN B. CASE (Jean)

Senator and Mrs. AL FRANKEN (Frannie)

Mr. JEREMY BERNARD

Mr. JAMES (“JAY”) CARNEY and Ms.

The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES H. BILLINGTON (Marjorie)

CLAIRE SHIPMAN

The Honorable TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER, Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs. Geithner (Carole)

His Excellency the Ambassador of Italy CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO and Mrs. Bisogniero (Laura)

CHENEY (Lynne)

Mr. ANTONY J. BLINKEN and Ms. EVAN RYAN

The Speaker of the House of Representa-

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The Honorable and Mrs. RICHARD B. The Honorable STEVEN CHU, Secretary of Energy, and Mrs. Chu (Jean) The Honorable WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON and the Honorable HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, Secretary of State

The Honorable and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD (Jacki) The Honorable THOMAS E. (“TOM”) DONILON and Ms. CATHERINE RUSSELL

Mr. DONALD E. GRAHAM Mr. DAVID GREGORY and Ms. BETH WILKINSON

Count and Countess JEHAN DE LA HAYESAINT HILAIRE (Constance Milstein) Mr. JIM HOAGLAND and Ms. JANE

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G. Wayne Clough

Katharine Weymouth

Adrienne Arscht Steven Chu

Claire Shipman and Jay Carney

Barack and Michelle Obama

STANTON HITCHCOCK

Ms. JACQUELINE BADGER MARS

The Honorable ERIC H. HOLDER JR., Attorney General, and Dr. SHARON

Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS (Kathleen)

Senator and Mrs. HARRY M. REID (Landra)

Senator and Mrs. JOHN S. MCCAIN, III (Cindy)

The Honorable SUSAN RICE, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Mr. IAN

MALONE

Representative STENY H. HOYER Ms. VALERIE JARRETT Mr. and Mrs. VERNON E. JORDAN JR. (Ann)

Senator A. MITCHELL MCCONNELL and the Honorable ELAINE LAN CHAO

Mr. MICHAEL KAISER

The Honorable JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary of Homeland Security

Associate Justice and Mrs. ANTHONY KENNEDY (Mary)

The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN JR. (Sheila Johnson)

Senator JOHN F. KERRY and Ms. TERESA

Her Majesty Queen NOOR AL-HUSSEIN

HEINZ

The Honorable LEON E. PANETTA, Secretary of Defense, and Mrs. Panetta (Sylvia)

Ms. CHRISTINE LAGARDE, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Mr. and Mrs. JAMES C. LEHRER (Kate) Mr. and Mrs. THEODORE J. (“TED”) LEONSIS (Lynn) Mr. and Mrs. THEODORE N. (“TED”) LERNER (Annette)

Representative NANCY PELOSI and Mr. The Honorable and Mr. PAUL PELOSI The Honorable DAVID H. PETRAEUS, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Mrs. Petraeus (Holly) Mr. DAVID PLOUFFE and Ms. OLIVIA MORGAN

Mr. BRUCE REED and Ms. BONNIE LEPARD

CAMERON

The Chief Justice and Mrs. JOHN G. ROBERTS JR. (Jane) Senator and Mrs. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, IV (Sharon Percy)

Mr. and Mrs. DAVID RUBENSTEIN (Alice) Mr. and Mrs. ROGER SANT (Victoria/“Vicki”) Associate Justice and Mrs. ANTONIN SCALIA (Maureen) Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL M. SNYDER (Tanya) Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE C. STEVENS JR. (Elizabeth/“Liz”) His Excellency the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland SIR PETER WESTMACOTT and Lady Westmacott (Susie)

The Honorable JACOB. J. (“JACK”) LEW, chief of staff, the White House, and Dr.

The Honorable and Mrs. COLIN L.

RUTH SCHWARTZ

POWELL (Alma)

Ms. KATHARINE WEYMOUTH

Mr. and Mrs. J. WILLARD MARRIOTT JR. (Donna)

Mr. and Mrs. EARL A. (“RUSTY”) POWELL, III (Nancy)

Mr. ROBERT WOODWARD and Ms. ELSA

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