White House dinner for Australia offers comfort food, instrumental tunes in nod to Israel-Hamas war

26-10-2023 World Washington Times - World 27

With a menu of "comforting" food and instrumental sounds rather than dance party music, the White House set out Wednesday to throw a state dinner that balanced the desire to celebrate ties to a close U.S. ally with an effort to strike a measured tone at a time of mounting death and suffering unfolding in the Middle East.

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