Subject: Re: monday dinner/note to Hunter & Kathleen
From: "Kathleen Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: "Clemons, Steve" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:22:08 -0400

We'd love to join.  I  a fan of the lady minute invitation.  We have a reception at the British Embassy at 6 but could come around 7.  Would that work?  If that doesn't work, no worries.

Hope all is well with you!

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On Jun 2, 2012, at 10:16 AM, "Clemons, Steve" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Dear Kathleen & Hunter:
> 
> On this coming Monday evening, 4 June, at George Washington's home, Mt. Vernon, I have found myself all of a sudden with two tables at a dinner where the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize will be presented to what a selection committee considers the best history book on America's "founding era."  This is the largest book prize focused on books of the colonial era.  
> 
> I would love to have you join as my guests if you are interested and available.  It's quite something to have dinner, drinks, music, and great conversation on the lawn in front of Mt. Vernon, which will be open with unique tours to our guests that night.
> 
> My guests so far for the evening include:
> 
> Scott Simon, National Public Radio
> Carline Simon
> Helene Cooper, New York Times
> Maureen Orth, Vanity Fair
> Edward Luce, Financial Times
> Amb. Hattie Babbit, former Deputy Administrator, US AID
> Amb. Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
> Garance Franke-Ruta, Senior Editor/Politics, The Atlantic
> Andrew Oros, Washington College
> Michael Hirsh, National Journal
> Vitessa del Prete, Department of State
> Steve Clemons, The Atlantic
> 
> I realize that you are most likely already booked — but the folks joining all said yes yesterday — so hopefully you too may find this fun and worth an evening.
> 
> Would love to have you join if you are able.
> 
> All best, Steve
>