Over the past 8 years, the Obamas have honored leaders from India to Sinagpore with state dinners at the White House.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait to greet Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur before a state dinner at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 24, 2009. It was the first time Obama hosted a State Dinner at the White House.
— ANDREW HARRER / Pool via EPA
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Obama and Michelle wait to greet Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala for a state dinner on May 19, 2010.
— Gary Fabiano / Pool via Getty Images
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Obama and Michelle greet China's President Hu Jintao as he arrives for a state dinner at the White House on Jan. 19, 2011.
— Jim Young / Reuters
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Obama and Michelle wait to welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer at the North Portico of the White House on June 7, 2011.
— Charles Dharapak / AP
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Obama and Michelle exchange smiles as they wait to greet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Kim Yoon-ok ahead of the state dinner on Oct. 13, 2011.
— Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
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Obama and Michelle wait to welcome Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron before the state dinner on March 14, 2012.
— Susan Walsh / AP
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Obama and Michelle wait for the arrival of French President François Hollande for a state dinner on Feb. 11, 2014.
— Evan Vucci / AP
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Obama and Michelle smile at each other as they wait to greet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe as they arrive for a state dinner on April 28, 2015.
— Jacquelyn Martin / AP
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Obama gives a thumbs up as he and Michelle wait the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan for a state dinner on Sept. 25, 2015.
— Mike Theiler / Reuters
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Obama and Michelle await the arrival of Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau at the White House on March 10, 2016.
— Joshua Roberts / Reuters
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Obama and Michelle wait for the arrival of Nordic Leaders on the North Portico for a state dinner on May 13, 2016.
— Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
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Obama gestures toward Michelle as they wait for Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching at the White House on Aug. 2, 2016.