Beers at the White House (6 images)

White House staffers stand in the Rose Garden of the White House where U.S. President Barack Obama is set to have a beer with Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley later in the evening in Washington on July 30, 2009. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joe Biden (L) have a beer with Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., (LC) and Sgt. James Crowley (RC) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on July 30, 2009. Last week Crowley arrested Gates in Gates' home. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joe Biden (L) have a beer with Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., (LC) and Sgt. James Crowley (RC) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on July 30, 2009. Last week Crowley arrested Gates in Gates' home. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joe Biden (L) have a beer with Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr., (LC) and Sgt. James Crowley (RC) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on July 30, 2009. Last week Crowley arrested Gates in Gates' home. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg