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Who Went to Dinner at the White House -- and Why?

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Don Evans: One of Bush's oldest friends, former secretary of commerce, chair of 2000 presidential campaign.

William Farish: Longtime Bush family friend, former U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, Yale alumnus.

Brad Freeman: Bush pal for 30 years, chaired 2000 and 2004 inaugurations, overnight guest at the White House.

Sir Martin Gilbert: One of Britain's leading historians, author of "Churchill and America."

David Gregory: Feisty White House correspondent for NBC.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Token Republican on "The View."

Steve Holland: White House correspondent for London-based Reuters.

Ray Hunt: Billionaire Texan oilman, serves on president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Halliburton's board of directors.

Richard Kinder: Former president of Enron; gave $250,000 to Bush's second inauguration.

Herbert Kohler: Billionaire plumbing magnate.

Peyton Manning: Won the Super Bowl. No relation to British Ambassador Sir David Manning.

John Marion: Former chairman of Sotheby's North America, married to Fort Worth oil heiress Anne Windfohr.

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