Reply #21: Uninvited Tourists Get Big Surprise at White House [View All]

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Source: Sphere

WASHINGTON (Dec. 15) -- It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose.

Still, a Georgia couple who showed up at the White House a day early for a tour somehow wound up at an invitation-only breakfast with President Barack Obama and the first lady. It left the White House once again explaining how people who were not on an event guest list wound up being ushered into the presidential mansion anyway.

The improbable adventure of Harvey and Paula Darden, Obama supporters from Hogansville, Ga., took place on Veterans Day, two weeks before Virginia socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi infamously crashed the Obamas' state dinner for the prime minister of India.

The Dardens mistakenly showed up a day early for a tour scheduled through their congressman.

The White House and Secret Service both said the Dardens went through the appropriate security screenings and were allowed into the breakfast as a courtesy because there were no public tours the day they arrived.
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The couple's only regret, Darden said, is that they haven't received a copy of that picture taken with the Obamas.

Read more: http://www.sphere.com/nation/article/uninvited-tourists-harvey-and-paula-darden-get-breakfast-with-obama/19283398

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