Expected guests at state dinner for Hu Jintao
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Some of the guests expected at the White House state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao:
Madeleine Albright, former secretary of State
Christiane Amanpour, ABC News interviewer
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive
Bette Bao Lord, New York writer
Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Valley Village)
Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs CEO
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court
Greg Brown, Motorola co-CEO
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor
Former President Carter and Rosalynn Carter
Jackie Chan, actor
John A. Chen, chairman of the Chinese American group Committee of 100 and CEO of Sybase
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park)
Former President Clinton
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.)
Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO
James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic
Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist
Gov. Chris Gregoire of Washington
Herbie Hancock, musician
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)
Robert Iger, Walt Disney CEO
David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist
Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric CEO
Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola CEO
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.)
Robert King, United Auto Workers president
Henry Kissinger, former secretary of State
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist
Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO
Michelle Kwan, figure skater
Maya Lin, architect
Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical CEO
Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
James McNerney, Boeing CEO
Adm. Michael G. Mullen
Wendi Deng Murdoch, media executive
Paul Otellini, Intel CEO
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-S.F.)
Thomas Pritzker, Pritzker Organization CEO
Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland
Edwin M. Lee, mayor of San Francisco
Azita Raji, JP Morgan Securities
Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch executive director
David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group co-founder
Brent Scowcroft, former national security advisor
George P. Shultz, former secretary of State
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, philanthropist
Phil Gordon, mayor of Phoenix
Barbra Streisand and James Brolin, actors
Dr. Stanley Toy Jr., Pasadena
Luis Ubinas, Ford Foundation president
Vera Wang, fashion designer
Steve Westly, venture capitalist
Anna Wintour, Vogue editor
Patricia A. Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland CEO
Charles Woo, Megatoys CEO
Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.)
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