>Does this tie Mitch McConnel to CHINA? His wife was there but he wasn't. The complete guest list as provided by the White House for the state dinner honoring the Chinese President Xi Jinping. The President and Mrs. Obama His Excellency Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan The Honorable Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group Ms. Alice Albright The Honorable Caroline Atkinson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, The White House Ms. Grace Lamb-Atkinson Mr. Jeffrey Bader, Former Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council, and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Ms. Rohini Talalla Mr. Ajay Banga, President and CEO, MasterCard Mrs. Ritu Banga The Honorable Max Baucus, U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Department of State Ms. Melodee Hanes Mr. Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com Mrs. Lynne Benioff The Honorable Joseph Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States Dr. Jill Biden Ms. Naomi Biden Mr. Daniel Reisfeld The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Evan Ryan The Honorable Charles Boustany, U.S. Representative Mrs. Bridget Boustany Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor, National Security Council, and Scholar, Center for Strategic and International Studies Mrs. Emilie Anna Brzezinski The Honorable Maria Cantwell, U.S. Senator Mr. Grifynn Clay The Honorable Ashton Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mrs. Stephanie D. Carter His Excellency Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture for the People’s Republic of China The Honorable Elaine Chao, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Dr. James Chao Mr. Stephen Chen, Letter Writer Ms. Chienfei Chen His Excellency Tung ChiHwa, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference The Honorable Judy Chu, U.S. Representative Mr. Simon Pang Mr. Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Ms. Lisa Jackson Ms. Misty Copeland, Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre Mr. Olubayo Evans The Honorable Robert Corker, U.S. Senator Ms. Emily Corker Mr. Mark Cuban, Owner, NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres and Magnolia Pictures Mrs. Tiffany Cuban Mrs. Aimee Cunningham, Community Volunteer Mr. Ed Cunningham Mr. Lee Daniels, Actor and Filmmaker Ms. Clara Daniels The Honorable Brian Deese, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, The White House Mrs. Kara Deese Mr. John Dickerson, Anchor, CBS News Mrs. Anne Dickerson The Honorable Christopher Dodd, Former U.S. Senator, and Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America Mrs. Jackie Marie Clegg Dodd The Honorable Thomas Donilon, Former National Security Advisor, National Security Council, and Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP The Honorable Josh Earnest, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary, The White House Mrs. Natalie Wyeth Earnest Mr. Larry Ellison, Executive Chairman and CTO, Oracle Ms. Nikita Kahn The Honorable Katie Beirne Fallon, Assistant to the President and Director of Office of Legislative Affairs, The White House Mr. Brian Fallon The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator Mr. Richard Blum Mr. John Ficklin, Chair, Senior Director for Records and Access, Records and Access Management, National Security Council Mrs. Patrice Ficklin Mr. Jonathan Finer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State Ms. Jennifer Stout Mr. Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock Ms. Lori Fink The Honorable Michael Froman, Ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative Ms. Nancy Goodman His Excellency Qin Gang, Director General, Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic of China Mr. James Gorman, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley His Excellency Zhu Guangyao, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Finance for the People’s Republic of China The Honorable Avril Haines, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council Mr. David Davighi Mr. Ryan Hass, Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs, National Security Council Ms. Meredith Sumpter Mr. Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, Netflix Mr. Ted Sarandos Mr. John Hess, CEO, Hess Corporation Mr. Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn Ms. Michelle Yee His Excellency Liu He, Director, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs for the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce for the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Wang Huning, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Director, Central Policy Research Office Mr. Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company Mrs. Willow Bay The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, The White House The Honorable Jeh Johnson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Dr. Susan DiMarco His Excellency Yang Jiechi, State Councilor, for the People’s Republic of China Ms. Fa Jun, Secretary of Madame Peng Liyuan Ms. Yue-Sai Kan, Television Host Mr. Allan Pollack Mr. Qin Gang, Chief of Protocol, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Lu Kang, Director General, Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic of China Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation Mr. Andy Spahn The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Mrs. Theresa Heinz Kerry The Honorable Henry Kissinger, Former National Security Advisor, National Secturity Council, Former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and Founder and Chairman, Kissinger Associates Mrs. Nancy Kissinger Mr. Daniel Kritenbrink, Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council Mrs. Nami Kritenbrink The Honorable Richard Larsen, U.S. Representative Mrs. Tiia Karlèn Mr. John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios Mrs. Nancy Lasseter Ms. Carol Lee, Correspondent, Wall Street Journal Mr. Gerard Baker The Honorable Jacob Lew, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Dr. Ruth Schwartz Mr. Phillip Lim, Co-founder, 3.1 Phillip Lim Mr. Paul Hearing His Excellency Han Liping, Director General, Bureau of Secretaries, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Mr. Lyu Luhua, Secretary of President XI Jinping Mr. Steven Mollenkopf, CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated Mrs. Susan Mollenkopf The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council Mr. Andrew Weissmann The Honorable Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Naomi Moniz Mr. James Murren, Chairman and CEO, MGM Resorts International Mr. Jack Murren Mr. Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Mrs. Anupama Nadella Mr. William Neville, Founder, US Viking LLC Mrs. Connie Neville Ms. Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo Mr. Raj Nooyi The Honorable Catherine Novelli, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. State Department Mr. David Apol Ms. Christi Parsons, Correspondent, Los Angeles Times Ms. Melanie Gao The Honorable Henry Paulson, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Mrs. Wendy Paulson His Excellency Cong Peiwu, Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic of China Mr. Shervin Pishevar, Managing Director, Sherpa Ventures Ms. Keyu Jin The Honorable John Podesta, Former Counselor to the President and Former Chief of Staff, The White House Mrs. Mary Podesta The Honorable Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Cass Sunstein The Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce The Honorable Stefan Selig The Honorable Natalie Quillian, Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Chief of Staff, The White House Mr. Ryan Quillian Mr. Wade Randlett, CEO of the Transportation Fuels Division, General Biofuels Mrs. Lorna Randlett The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Speechwriting, National Security Counsel Ms. Jane Rhodes The Honorable Susan Rice, National Security Advisor, National Security Council Mr. Ian Cameron Ms. Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch Mr. Peter Sainsbury Mr. Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO, Comcast NBC/Universal Corporation Ms. Aileen Roberts Mr. Eugene Robinson, Columnist, Washington Post Mrs. Avis Robinson Mrs. Virginia Rometty, Chairperson, President, and CEO, International Business Machines Mr. Mark Rometty Mr. David M. Rubenstein, Managing Director and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group Mrs. Alice Rubenstein The Honorable Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. State Department Mrs. Keiko Abo Russel Mr. Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group Mr. Ray Dalio The Honorable Brent Scowcroft, Former National Security Advisor, National Security Council The Honorable Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State His Excellency Xu Shaoshi, Minister, National Development and Reform Commission‎ of the People’s Republic of China The Honorable Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. Bruce Stokes NE-YO, Singer and Songwriter Ms. Harriett Loraine Burts The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the U.S. Mr. John Koeltl The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator Ms. Sara Stabenow The Honorable Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State, Office of Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mrs. Mary Stengel Mr. Strobe Talbott, Former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and President, The Brookings Institute Ms. Barbara Ascher Mr. Jake Tapper, Anchor, CNN Mrs. Jennifer Tapper Mr. David Taylor, Group President, Procter and Gamble Mrs. Marsha Taylor The Honorable Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House His Excellency Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States of America Madame Ni Peijun Ms. Susan Thornton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Daley Mr. Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO, Legendary Pictures Mrs. Alba Tull The Honorable Thomas Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mrs. Christie Vilsack His Excellency Ding Xuexiang, Permanent Deputy Director, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Mr. Darren Walker, President, The Ford Foundation Ms. Beulah Spencer The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Representative Mr. Steve Schultz His Excellency Wang Shaojun, Deputy Director, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Chief, Central Security Bureau His Excellency Zhi Shuping, Director, State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine‎, People’s Republic of China Madame Wu Xi, Deputy Chief of Mission & Minister, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Zhang Yesui, Executive Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs‎ of the People’s Republic of China Madame Wu Xi, Deputy Chief of Mission & Minister, Chinese Embassy The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Assistant to the President and Director of the National Economic Council, The White House Mrs. Mary Zients His Excellency Zheng Zeguang, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Li Zhanshu, Member of the Political Bureau of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Secretary, Secretariat of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Director, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO, Facebook Dr. Priscilla Chan