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Obama honors Mexico at White House State Dinner

Obama honors Mexico at White House State DinnerUS President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama put on an extraordinary party for 200 elite dinner guests Wednesday night, weaving elegance and ironclad security into their salute to Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

The Obamas’ second state dinner, honoring Calderon and first lady Margarita Zavala, drew celebrities such as actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Eva Longoria-Parker, singer Beyonce, comedian George Lopez, Olympian Shani Davis and Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim.

They mingled with state and federal lawmakers, diplomats, donors, Obama relatives and friends, many from Chicago, plus West Coast guests including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

A Secret Service spokesman says Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the couple that crashed the first Obama state dinner last year, were stopped last night close to the White House after their limo driver ran a red light.

The spokesman says an officer in the Secret Service uniformed division saw their car go through the red light, then appear to prepare to drive onto the Elipse, a street near the White House not open to normal traffic. When the limo stopped and put on its flashers, the officer questioned the driver and the Salahis. The driver was given a ticket and allowed to leave.

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