from www.obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/
Friday August 10, 2012 after sunset President Obama will welcome guests to the White House for an Iftar Dinner to mark Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar. The celebratory meal serves as a fast-breaker for observant Muslims, and will be at 8:35 PM in the State Dining Room. Guests will be "elected officials, religious and grassroots leaders in the Muslim American community, and leaders of diverse faiths and members of the diplomatic corps," the White House said. The President will make remarks at what is his fourth and perhaps final Iftar at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
"Ramadan reminds us that Islam is part of the fabric of our Nation," President Obama said in his official Ramadan greeting on July 20. "Muslim Americans help strengthen our country and enrich our lives."
With campaign season in full swing, and President Obama hopscotching around the nation to stump, the dinner is the first entertaining since June 13, when Mr. Obama welcomed guests to the Medal of Freedom state dinner for Israel's President Shimon Peres. The White House typically does not release the menu for the Iftar Dinners, but it is "traditional" foods.
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